Paul Lucier

Scientists and Swindlers

Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820-1890

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This sweeping narrative enriches our understanding of how the rocks beneath our feet became invaluable resources for science, technology, and industry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 188mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 990g
• ISBN-13: 9780801890031
• ISBN-10: 0801890039
• Artikelnr.: 24355119

Autorenporträt

Trained as a geophysicist, Paul Lucier holds a Ph.D. in history from Princeton University. His work as a historian of science and technology specializing in the earth and environmental sciences and the mining industries has received numerous prizes and has been funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation.