Volta

Author : Giuliano Pancaldi
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691188610
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Volta written by Giuliano Pancaldi and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giuliano Pancaldi sets us within the cosmopolitan cultures of Enlightenment Europe to tell the story of Alessandro Volta--the brilliant man whose name is forever attached to electromotive force. Providing fascinating details, many previously unknown, Pancaldi depicts Volta as an inventor who used his international network of acquaintances to further his quest to harness the power of electricity. This is the story of a man who sought recognition as a natural philosopher and ended up with an invention that would make an everyday marvel of electric lighting. Examining the social and scientific contexts in which Volta operated--as well as Europe's reception of his most famous invention--Volta also offers a sustained inquiry into long-term features of science and technology as they developed in the early age of electricity. Pancaldi considers the voltaic cell, or battery, as a case study of Enlightenment notions and their consequences, consequences that would include the emergence of the "scientist" at the expense of the "natural philosopher." Throughout, Pancaldi highlights the complex intellectual, technological, and social ferment that ultimately led to our industrial societies. In so doing, he suggests that today's supporters and critics of Enlightenment values underestimate the diversity and contingency inherent in science and technology--and may be at odds needlessly. Both an absorbing biography and a study of scientific and technological creativity, this book offers new insights into the legacies of the Enlightenment while telling the remarkable story of the now-ubiquitous battery.

Author : Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3865370381
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Population and Land Use, Cover Dynamics in the Volta River Basin of Ghana written by Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2004 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study assesses effects of population growth on agricultural land and forest in the Volta River Basin of Ghana. Most districts of the research area are experiencing shortfalls in land suitable for agriculture and deforestation. The number of farm holdings is decreasing and practice of fallow lands (last consequences of the former shifting cultivation) is also vanishing. Although households are wealthier due to new sources of off-farm income, the use of tractor, inorganic fertilizer and improved seed variety for farming is still low due to high costs. On deforestation, increases in fuel wood use and agricultural extensification are the major causes.

Author : Daniel Tsegai
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3865375367
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Migration in the Volta Basin of Ghana written by Daniel Tsegai and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2005 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : WorldFish
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diagnostic study of the Volta Basin fisheries: Part 1 overview of the fisheries resources written by and published by WorldFish. This book was released on with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Johnston, Robyn M.
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290907304
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inventory of water storage types in the Blue Nile and Volta River Basins written by Johnston, Robyn M. and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2010-10-08 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For agriculture there is a continuum of water storage options, ranging from groundwater aquifers, soil water, natural wetlands and small ponds and tanks to large reservoirs. In any situation each of these has its own niche in terms of technical feasibility, socioeconomic sustainability and impact on public health and the environment. Planning storage requires insight into impending needs and also a good understanding of what already exists and what was, and was not, successful, in the past. This report provides an inventory of existing and prospective water storage in the Ghanaian Volta and the Ethiopian Blue Nile basins. It provides as much quantitative data as possible, but highlights both the dearth of readily available information and the lack of integrated planning of storage in both basins. Recommendations are made for improved planning in the future.

Author : Barnabas Akurigo Amisigo
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3865377017
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modelling Riverflow in the Volta Basin of West Africa written by Barnabas Akurigo Amisigo and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2005 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Volta Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marloes Mul, Emmanuel Obuobie
Publisher : International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
ISBN 13 : 9290908297
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water Resources Assessment of the Volta River Basin written by Marloes Mul, Emmanuel Obuobie and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : WorldFish
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diagnostic study of the Volta Basin fisheries: Part 2 Livelihoods and poverty analysis, current trends and projections written by and published by WorldFish. This book was released on with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eric Antwi Ofosu
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466552824
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Irrigation Development in the White Volta sub-Basin written by Eric Antwi Ofosu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-12-16 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sub-Saharan Africa has an irrigation potential of about 42 million hectares of which only 17% is developed. Despite several investments in irrigation the growth is slow. This study aims at helping to achieve sustainable irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa, through gaining a better understanding of productive irrigation water use and effective manageme