Networking: Communicating with Bodies and Machines in the Nineteenth Century (2002)
Otis, Laura (Author)
University of Michigan Press
Physical Details: viii + 268 pp., illus., bibl., index
Language: English
Description Discusses scientists of various fields, including Luigi Galvani, Hermann von Helmholtz, Charles Babbage, Samuel Morse, and Werner von Siemens, and juxtaposes physiology, engineering, and literature of the 19th century.
Review Wald, Priscilla (2003) Review of "Networking: Communicating with Bodies and Machines in the Nineteenth Century". Perspectives in Biology and Medicine (p. 452).
Review Hyman, Anthony (2002) Review of "Networking: Communicating with Bodies and Machines in the Nineteenth Century". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 738).
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