The Bright DesignRelates the history of man's discoveries in the field of electrical energy, from the manufacture of the compass in the 12th century to the atomic bomb. |
Contents
The Scientists and the Bright Design | 9 |
The Stone That Is Alive | 15 |
A Sphere of Sulphur | 25 |
Copyright | |
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