Reviews for Variability in Rangeland Water Erosion Processes Proceedings of a Symposium Sponsored by Div...

The average rating for Variability in Rangeland Water Erosion Processes Proceedings of a Symposium Sponsored by Div... based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-05-12 00:00:00 Justin Imhof A pretty good mix of biography and social history. The most interesting aspect of Volta's life to me was whether he was going to be accepted as a natural philosopher by the more respected minds of his day, or whether he was "only" going to be perceived as an inventor. I hadn't realized that experimenting and theorizing about electricity enough to invent the electrophorus AND the battery(!) would not qualify someone as a natural philosopher automatically. Guess Volta was playing to a tough crowd.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-06-26 00:00:00 Endra Wani This book is pretty much what it says on the cover, a biography of Alessandro Volta, inventor of the battery, as well as an exploration of the Enlightment through his life and times. A great book for anyone interested in early batteries, or Italian natural philosophers, but Volta was in many way a peripheral figure in the Enlightenment. Some interesting theory about the use of science in diplomacy, to project power and prestige, but there are probably more fun sources elsewhere.