David Bodanis

David Bodanis, urodzony w Chicago, obecnie wykłada historię nauki na oksfordzkim uniwersytecie. Autor jest więc specjalistą w swojej dziedzinie, co jednak wcale nie oznacza, że książka jest przeznaczo...

Despite the fact that our lives are powered by electricity to an astonishing degree, most of us have little or no understanding of how or why it works. Instead, we rely on a blurry notion that it flow...

Once Emilie du Châtelet settled with Voltaire, the two of them rebuilt an isolated chateau to create an extraordinary research center. It became like a berthed spacecraft from the future, and it was t...