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Clockwork futures : the science of steampunk and the reinvention of the modern world / Brandy Schillace.
Author
Schillace, Brandy
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Published/Created
New York, NY : Pegasus Books Ltd., [2017]
©2017
Description
xx, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
Q125 .S383 2017
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Subject(s)
Science
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History
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19th century
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Science
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Social aspects
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Steampunk culture
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Literature and technology
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History
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Summary note
"Airships and electric submarines, automatons and mesmerists. Welcome to the wild world of steampunk. It is all speculative. Or is it? Meet the intrepid souls who pushed Victorian technology to its limits and paved the way for our present age... In the mesmerizing Clockwork Futures, Brandy Schillace reveals the science behind steampunk, which is every bit as extraordinary as what we might find in the work of Jules Verne, and sometimes, just as fearful"--Provided by publisher.
Notes
"September 2017"--Title page verso.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-288) and index.
Contents
The god of mathematics
Clockwork boy and the mother machine
Catching lightning in a bottle
Into dark country
The scientist and the engineer
He who powers the future
A wrench in the age of machinery
Of acid and accident
The science of Sherlock.
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ISBN
9781681775180 ((hardcover))
1681775182 ((hardcover))
9781681778914 ((paperback))
1681778912 ((paperback))
LCCN
2017276831
OCLC
975366262
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