Overpotential : Fuel Cells, Futurism, and the Making of a Power Panacea /
Eisler, Matthew N., 1970-
Overpotential : Fuel Cells, Futurism, and the Making of a Power Panacea / Matthew N. Eisler. - New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (274 pages). - Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Title Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Fuel Cell Futurism; Chapter 1. Device in Search of a Role; Chapter 2. Military Miracle Battery; Chapter 3. Fuel Cells and the Final Frontier; Chapter 4. Dawn of the Commercial Fuel Cell; Chapter 5. Fueling Hydrogen Futurism; Chapter 6. Green Automobile Wars; Chapter 7. Electrochemical Millennium; Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Author.
Overpotential charts the twists and turns in the ongoing quest to create the perfect fuel cell. By exploring the gap between the theory and practice of fuel cell power, Matthew N. Eisler opens a window into broader issues in the history of science, technology, and society after the Second World War, including the sociology of laboratory life, the relationship between academe, industry, and government in developing advanced technologies, the role of technology in environmental and pollution politics, and the rise of utopian discourse in science and engineering.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9780813551999
Fuel cells--Research--History.
Fuel cells--Public opinion.
Fuel cells--Political aspects.
Fuel cells--Political aspects.
Fuel cells--Public opinion.
Fuel cells--Research--History.
Electronic Books.
TK2931 / .O947 2012
Overpotential : Fuel Cells, Futurism, and the Making of a Power Panacea / Matthew N. Eisler. - New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (274 pages). - Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Title Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Fuel Cell Futurism; Chapter 1. Device in Search of a Role; Chapter 2. Military Miracle Battery; Chapter 3. Fuel Cells and the Final Frontier; Chapter 4. Dawn of the Commercial Fuel Cell; Chapter 5. Fueling Hydrogen Futurism; Chapter 6. Green Automobile Wars; Chapter 7. Electrochemical Millennium; Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Author.
Overpotential charts the twists and turns in the ongoing quest to create the perfect fuel cell. By exploring the gap between the theory and practice of fuel cell power, Matthew N. Eisler opens a window into broader issues in the history of science, technology, and society after the Second World War, including the sociology of laboratory life, the relationship between academe, industry, and government in developing advanced technologies, the role of technology in environmental and pollution politics, and the rise of utopian discourse in science and engineering.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9780813551999
Fuel cells--Research--History.
Fuel cells--Public opinion.
Fuel cells--Political aspects.
Fuel cells--Political aspects.
Fuel cells--Public opinion.
Fuel cells--Research--History.
Electronic Books.
TK2931 / .O947 2012