Author: Iwan Rhys Morus

'[An] insightful analysis of 19th-century futurism ... Morus's account is as much a cautionary tale as a flag-waving celebration.' - DUNCAN BELL, N...

The only scientist to ever appear on the British twenty pound note, Michael Faraday is one of the most recognisable names in the history of science...

This book provides an accessible and authoritative biography of the Welsh man of science, William Robert Grove. Grove was an important and highly i...

In this new edition of the top-selling coursebook, seasoned historians Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus expand on their authoritative survey of ...

'[This] crisply succinct, beautifully synthesized study brings to life Tesla, his achievements and failures...and the hopeful thrum of an era befor...

For the Victorians, electricity was the science of spectacle and of wonder. It provided them with new ways of probing the nature of reality and und...