Book ID: CBB000520030

Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse (2003)

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Silverman, Kenneth (Author)


Alfred A. Knopf


Publication Date: 2003
Physical Details: vi + 503 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On the life of Morse, artist and inventor.


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Review Cookson, Gillian (2006) Review of "Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 295). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Bektas, Yakup
Bryan, Charles S.
Carlson, W. B.
Christensen, Dan Ch.
Coe, Lewis
Evans, Rand B.
Journals
Studia Historiae Scientiarum
American Heritage of Invention and Technology
British Journal for the History of Science
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences
History of Photography
History of Technology
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
IEEE
McFarland
Oxford University Press
Pantheon Books
Published for the Boston Medical Library by Science History Publications
Concepts
Biographies
Arts and humanities
Telegraphs; telephones
Inventors and invention
Technology
Telecommunications
People
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese
Babbage, Charles
Bell, Alexander Graham
Draper, John William
Galvani, Luigi
Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
15th century
21st century
Places
United States
Poland
Denmark
Europe
Germany
Institutions
Institute for the History of Electricity
United States. Patent Office
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