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100 1 $aPancaldi, Giuliano.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84059048
245 10 $aVolta :$bscience and culture in the Age of Enlightenment /$cGiuliano Pancaldi.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2003], ©2003.
300 $axv, 381 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [337]-365) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tThe Making of a Natural Philosopher: From Amateur, to Expert, to Public Servant -- $gCh. 2.$tEnlightenment Science South of the Alps: The Italian Scientific Community in the Age of Volta -- $gCh. 3.$tThe Electrophorus: Theory, Instrument Design, and the Social Uses of Scientific Apparatus -- $gCh. 4.$tVolta's Science of Electricity: Conception, Laboratory Work, and Public Recognition -- $gCh. 5.$tThe Cosmopolitan Network: Volta and Communication among Experts in Late Enlightenment Europe -- $gCh. 6.$tThe Battery: Invention, Instrumentalism, and Competitive Imitation -- $gCh. 7.$tAppropriating Invention: The Reception of the Voltaic Battery in Europe -- $gCh. 8.$tThe Scientist as Hero: Volta and the Uses of Past Science in the Industrial Era -- $gCh. 9.$tConclusion: Science, Technology, and Contingency: Enlightenment Legacies.
520 1 $a"Examining the social and scientific contexts in which Volta operated - as well as Europe's reception of his most famous invention - Volta also offers a sustained inquiry into long-term features of science and technology as they developed in the early age of electricity.
520 8 $aPancaldi considers the voltaic cell, or battery, as a case study of Enlightenment notions and their consequences, consequences that would include the emergence of the "scientist" at the expense of the "natural philosopher.""--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aVolta, Alessandro,$d1745-1827.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80149535
650 0 $aPhysicists$zItaly$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010106338
650 0 $aElectricity$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102913
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