Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons. From the Mathematics of Heat to the Development of the Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable, Paperback - Paul J. Nahin

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Paul J. NahinIllustration(s): 37 b/w illus.Number of pages: 232Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 13...

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When a computer goes wrong, we are told to turn it off and on again. In Am I Dreaming?, science journalist James Kingsland reveals how the human br...

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