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    Lightning in a Bottle: Electricity from Thales to Tesla
    Lightning in a Bottle: Electricity from Thales to Tesla
    Lightning in a Bottle: Electricity from Thales to Tesla
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    Lightning in a Bottle: Electricity from Thales to Tesla

    By Anton Kapustin, Wendy Ho and Yulia Nykolyna

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    The book explores the science of electricity and magnetism from antiquity to the start of the twentieth century. Readers will learn how 19th-century scientists created sparks of several feet in length, where electricity in our homes comes from, the real inventions of Nikola Tesla (which were far more usef

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnton Kapustin
    Release dateJul 3, 2023
    ISBN9798218238872
    Lightning in a Bottle: Electricity from Thales to Tesla
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    Anton Kapustin

    Anton Kapustin is a professor of physics and mathematics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He holds a M. Sc. degree from the Moscow State University and a Ph. D. from Caltech.

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