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The Story of Electricity
Author: Professor John T. Sanders
Series: The Science and Discovery Series
Narrator: Edwin Newman
Unabridged: 2 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Knowledge Products, Inc.
Published: 04/01/2006
Category: Science
Synopsis
Ancient and medieval awareness of electrical effects included lightning, electric fish, St. Elmos fire, the amber effect, and (esp. in early China) the lodestone (magnet). Plutarch explained the electric effect in terms of air displacement. The following chart shows a timeline of topics discussed in this set of audiotapes.