Innovators in Battery Technology
Profiles of 95 Influential Electrochemists
Published on 3. June 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-0-7864-9933-5 (ISBN)
Description
As the world's demand for electrical energy increases, it will be the ingenuity and skill of brilliant electrochemists that enable us to utilize the planet's mineral reserves responsibly.
This biographical dictionary profiles 95 electrochemists from 19 nations who during the past 270 years have researched and developed ever more efficient batteries and energy cells. Each entry traces the subject's origin, education, discoveries and patents, as well as hobbies and family life. The breakthroughs of early innovators are cataloged and the work of living scientists and technicians is brought up to date. An appendix provides a cross-referenced timeline of innovation.
This biographical dictionary profiles 95 electrochemists from 19 nations who during the past 270 years have researched and developed ever more efficient batteries and energy cells. Each entry traces the subject's origin, education, discoveries and patents, as well as hobbies and family life. The breakthroughs of early innovators are cataloged and the work of living scientists and technicians is brought up to date. An appendix provides a cross-referenced timeline of innovation.
Reviews / Votes
"a nice contribution to a global field growing in importance...highly recommended"-Choice; "for students and scholars of the history of battery technology, this will be a useful resource to consult. Academic and special libraries with patrons working in this area should consider adding this volume to their collections."-ARBA.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
81 photos & illustrations, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
532 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-9933-5 (9780786499335)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Kevin Desmond, a technology historian and biographer, lives near Bordeaux in southern France. Since 1976, he has published 33 books and 300-plus articles on the men and women innovators, often forgotten, behind the progress of transport and related subjects.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments deletev
Foreword by Michael Halls
Preface
The Innovators (A-Z)
Andre, -Henri-Georges (1896-1967)
Bacon, Francis Thomas (1904-1992)
Bagotsky, Vladimir Sergeevich (1920-2012)
Bagshaw, Norman Ernest (1933- )
Bain, Alexander (1810-1877)
Barak, Montefiore (1904-1989)
Bode, Hans Heinrich Christian (1905-1989)
Boehnstedt, Werner (1945- )
Brush, Charles Francis (1849-1929)
Bullock, Kathryn R. (1945- )
Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm Eberhard (1811-1899)
Burbank, Jeanne B. (1915-2002)
Burgess, Charles Frederick (1873-1945)
Cairns, Elton James (1932- )
Callan, Nicholas Joseph (1799-1864)
Chapin, Daryl M. (1906-1995), Calvin Souther Fuller (1902-1994) and
Gerald Leondus Pearson (1905-1987)
Clark, Josiah Latimer (1822-1898)
Coetzer, Johan (1941- )
Conway, Brian Evans (1927-2005)
Cooper, John Frederick (1946- )
Daniell, John Frederic (1790-1845)
Davy, Humphry (1778-1829)
Devitt, John Lawrence (1925- )
Dicks, Andrew Leslie (1948- )
Drumm, James J. (1897-1974)
Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931)
Faure, Camille Alphonse (1840-1898)
Feder, David O. (1924-2011)
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
Furukawa, Jun (1957- )
Garche, Juergen Werner (1944- )
Gassner, Carl (1839-1882)
Goodenough, John Bannister (1922- )
Graetzel, Michael (1944- )
Greatbatch, Wilson (1919-2011)
Green, Martin Andrew (1948- )
Grey, Clare P. (1965- )
Grove, William Robert (1811-1896)
Hare, Robert (1781-1858)
Haring, Howard Egbert (1898-1965)
Hatazawa, Tsuyonobu (1962- )
Hellesen, Frederik Louis Wilhelm (1836-1892)
Jache, Otto (1915-1993)
Jacques, William W. (1855-1932)
Jedlik, Anyos (1800-1895)
Jungner, Ernst Waldemar (1869-1924)
Kabanov, Boris Nikolaevich (1904-1988)
Kelley, Kurtis C. (1952- )
Kirchhof, Charles F. (1811-1882)
Koenig, Wilhelm (fl. 1930s)
Kordesch, Karl V. (1922-2011)
Lam, Lan Trieu (1953- )
Leclanche, Georges (1839-1882)
Lewis, Gilbert Newton (1875-1946) and Frederick George Keyes (1885-1976)
Monahov, Boris Ivanov (1954- )
Moseley, Patrick Timothy (1943- )
Musschenbroek, Pieter (Petrus) van (1692-1761)
Nora, Vittorio de (1912-2008)
Ogumi, Zempachi (1945- )
Ohl, Russell Shoemaker (1898-1987)
Ovshinsky, Stanford Robert (1922-2012)
Pavlov, Detchko (1930- )
Peters, Kenneth (1928- )
Pierson, John Ronald (1936- )
Plante, -Raymond-Louis-Gaston (1834-1889)
Prengaman, R. David (1943- )
Rand, David Anthony James (1942-)
Renard, Charles (1847-1905)
Ritter, Johann Wilhelm (1776-1810)
Ruben, Samuel (1900-1988)
Ruetschi, Paul (1925- )
Sadoway, Donald Robert (1950- )
Salkind, Alvin J. (1927-2015)
Sampson, Henry Thomas (1934- )
Sastry, Ann Marie (1967- )
Scrosati, Bruno (1937- )
Sinsteden, Wilhelm Josef (1803-1891)
Skyllas-Kazacos, Maria (1951- )
Smee, Alfred (1818-1877)
Sudworth, James (1939-2013)
Takeuchi, Esther Sans (1953- )
Thackeray, Michael Makepeace (1949- )
Tobias, Charles W. (1920-1996)
Trouve, Gustave Pierre (1939-1902)
Urry, Lewis F. (1927-2004)
Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio (1745-1827)
Voss, Ernst Christian Hinrich (1923-2004)
Whittingham, M. Stanley (1941- )
Wollaston, William Hyde (1766-1828)
Yai, Sakizou (1863-1927)
Yeager, Ernest B. (1924-2002)
Zamboni, Giuseppe (1776-1846)
Appendix: Timeline
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments deletev
Foreword by Michael Halls
Preface
The Innovators (A-Z)
Andre, -Henri-Georges (1896-1967)
Bacon, Francis Thomas (1904-1992)
Bagotsky, Vladimir Sergeevich (1920-2012)
Bagshaw, Norman Ernest (1933- )
Bain, Alexander (1810-1877)
Barak, Montefiore (1904-1989)
Bode, Hans Heinrich Christian (1905-1989)
Boehnstedt, Werner (1945- )
Brush, Charles Francis (1849-1929)
Bullock, Kathryn R. (1945- )
Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm Eberhard (1811-1899)
Burbank, Jeanne B. (1915-2002)
Burgess, Charles Frederick (1873-1945)
Cairns, Elton James (1932- )
Callan, Nicholas Joseph (1799-1864)
Chapin, Daryl M. (1906-1995), Calvin Souther Fuller (1902-1994) and
Gerald Leondus Pearson (1905-1987)
Clark, Josiah Latimer (1822-1898)
Coetzer, Johan (1941- )
Conway, Brian Evans (1927-2005)
Cooper, John Frederick (1946- )
Daniell, John Frederic (1790-1845)
Davy, Humphry (1778-1829)
Devitt, John Lawrence (1925- )
Dicks, Andrew Leslie (1948- )
Drumm, James J. (1897-1974)
Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931)
Faure, Camille Alphonse (1840-1898)
Feder, David O. (1924-2011)
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
Furukawa, Jun (1957- )
Garche, Juergen Werner (1944- )
Gassner, Carl (1839-1882)
Goodenough, John Bannister (1922- )
Graetzel, Michael (1944- )
Greatbatch, Wilson (1919-2011)
Green, Martin Andrew (1948- )
Grey, Clare P. (1965- )
Grove, William Robert (1811-1896)
Hare, Robert (1781-1858)
Haring, Howard Egbert (1898-1965)
Hatazawa, Tsuyonobu (1962- )
Hellesen, Frederik Louis Wilhelm (1836-1892)
Jache, Otto (1915-1993)
Jacques, William W. (1855-1932)
Jedlik, Anyos (1800-1895)
Jungner, Ernst Waldemar (1869-1924)
Kabanov, Boris Nikolaevich (1904-1988)
Kelley, Kurtis C. (1952- )
Kirchhof, Charles F. (1811-1882)
Koenig, Wilhelm (fl. 1930s)
Kordesch, Karl V. (1922-2011)
Lam, Lan Trieu (1953- )
Leclanche, Georges (1839-1882)
Lewis, Gilbert Newton (1875-1946) and Frederick George Keyes (1885-1976)
Monahov, Boris Ivanov (1954- )
Moseley, Patrick Timothy (1943- )
Musschenbroek, Pieter (Petrus) van (1692-1761)
Nora, Vittorio de (1912-2008)
Ogumi, Zempachi (1945- )
Ohl, Russell Shoemaker (1898-1987)
Ovshinsky, Stanford Robert (1922-2012)
Pavlov, Detchko (1930- )
Peters, Kenneth (1928- )
Pierson, John Ronald (1936- )
Plante, -Raymond-Louis-Gaston (1834-1889)
Prengaman, R. David (1943- )
Rand, David Anthony James (1942-)
Renard, Charles (1847-1905)
Ritter, Johann Wilhelm (1776-1810)
Ruben, Samuel (1900-1988)
Ruetschi, Paul (1925- )
Sadoway, Donald Robert (1950- )
Salkind, Alvin J. (1927-2015)
Sampson, Henry Thomas (1934- )
Sastry, Ann Marie (1967- )
Scrosati, Bruno (1937- )
Sinsteden, Wilhelm Josef (1803-1891)
Skyllas-Kazacos, Maria (1951- )
Smee, Alfred (1818-1877)
Sudworth, James (1939-2013)
Takeuchi, Esther Sans (1953- )
Thackeray, Michael Makepeace (1949- )
Tobias, Charles W. (1920-1996)
Trouve, Gustave Pierre (1939-1902)
Urry, Lewis F. (1927-2004)
Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio (1745-1827)
Voss, Ernst Christian Hinrich (1923-2004)
Whittingham, M. Stanley (1941- )
Wollaston, William Hyde (1766-1828)
Yai, Sakizou (1863-1927)
Yeager, Ernest B. (1924-2002)
Zamboni, Giuseppe (1776-1846)
Appendix: Timeline
Bibliography
Index