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Overpotential : fuel cells, futurism, and the making of a power panacea / Matthew N. Eisler.
LIBRA TK2931 .E38 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eisler, Matthew N., 1970-
- Series:
- Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fuel cells--Research--History.
- Fuel cells.
- Fuel cells--Public opinion.
- Fuel cells--Political aspects.
- Public opinion.
- Fuel cells--Research.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 260 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- 1 Device in Search of a Role 18
- 2 Military Miracle Battery 34
- 3 Fuel Cells and the Final Frontier 66
- 4 Dawn of the Commercial Fuel Cell 82
- 5 Fueling Hydrogen Futurism 98
- 6 Green Automobile Wars 125
- 7 Electrochemical Millennium 157.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813551777
- 0813551773
- OCLC:
- 721085077
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