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Author Eisler, Matthew N., 1970- author.

Title Overpotential : Fuel Cells, Futurism, and the Making of a Power Panacea / Matthew N. Eisler
Published New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (274 pages)
Series Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment
Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment.
Contents 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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes 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 MiAaHDL
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Subject Fuel cells -- Research -- History
Fuel cells -- Public opinion
Fuel cells -- Political aspects
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Electrical.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- History.
Fuel cells -- Research
Brennstoffzelle
Forschung
Futurologie
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011012792
ISBN 9780813551999
0813551994
9781283685009
1283685000