The romantic machine utopian science and technology after Napoleon
Focusing on a set of celebrated technologies, including steam engines, electromagnetic and geophysical instruments, early photography, and mass-scale printing, Tresch looks at how new conceptions of energy, instrumentality, and association fueled such diverse developments as fantastic literature, po...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago, [Ill.]
University of Chicago Press
2012, 2012
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Focusing on a set of celebrated technologies, including steam engines, electromagnetic and geophysical instruments, early photography, and mass-scale printing, Tresch looks at how new conceptions of energy, instrumentality, and association fueled such diverse developments as fantastic literature, popular astronomy, and much more |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 449 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780226812229 |