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Want to know how AT&T's Bell Labs developed semiconductor technology - and how its leading scientists almost came to blows in the process? Want to understand how radio and television work - and why RCA drove their inventors to financial ruin and early graves? Conquering the Electron offers these stories and more, presenting each revolutionary technological advance right alongside blow-by-blow personal battles that all too often took place.

The Electricity Exchange podcast is a series of in-depth discussions hosted by Dr. Paddy Finn, VIOTAS CEO & CTO. Together with industry experts, Paddy and guests analyse and discuss a wide variety of topics related to electricity, the energy landscape and what the future may look like.If you're interested in hearing how changes in the energy sector might affect your personal or professional life, this podcast is for you.Subscribe to The Electricity Exchange for free wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re running out of time. Fossil fuels are choking the planet and renewable energy isn’t cutting it. The solution has been hiding in plain sight all along. Nuclear. When most people hear that word, they go to a very bad place: bombs, Chernobyl, hazmat suits, radioactive fallout… the stuff...

In the preface of this captivating book, the author poses a thought-provoking question how would your life change if all electrical services were to suddenly vanish? As we navigate a world where technology‚Aîfrom communication to entertainment and healthcare‚Aîis woven into the fabric of our daily lives, its fascinating to explore the remarkable advancements in electricity and technology that laid the groundwork for our modern era by the dawn of the 20th century. This book delves into the pioneering achievements of visionaries who introduced innovations such as hydroelectric power, the ...

The inspiring true story of Loïe Fuller, a radical 19th-century art nouveau icon who turned artificial light into performance art and became the incandescent inventor of modern dance, is revealed in this transportive and hypnotic historical narrative.