Clockwork futures : the science of steampunk and the reinvention of the modern world / Brandy Schillace.

Author
Schillace, Brandy [Browse]
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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    "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.
    ISBN
    • 9781681775180 ((hardcover))
    • 1681775182 ((hardcover))
    • 9781681778914 ((paperback))
    • 1681778912 ((paperback))
    LCCN
    2017276831
    OCLC
    975366262
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