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- ISBN: 9781324036029
- ISBN: 1324036028
- Physical Description: xix, 341 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2026]
- Copyright: ©2026
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- A note on money -- Principal ... Read More |
| Summary, etc.: | "On an unassuming January day in 1854, an ... Read More |
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| 245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aLightning beneath the sea : ‡bthe race to wire the world and the dawn of the information age / ‡cJames M. Tabor. |
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| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York, NY : ‡bW.W. Norton & Company, ‡c[2026] | |
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| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡tIntroduction -- ‡tA note on money -- ‡tPrincipal characters -- ‡tPrologue -- ‡gPart One: A wild and visionary scheme. ‡tRich man, poor man -- ‡tCornerstones -- ‡tCable cabinet -- ‡tGutta what? -- ‡tDisaster the first -- ‡tMiraculous escape -- ‡gPart Two: The most honored man in the world. ‡tA Brett, A Bright, and a Wildman -- ‡tDesperately seeking ships -- ‡tMost gigantic experiment -- ‡tWildman and the professor -- ‡tMr. Field goes to Washington -- ‡tField's fleet -- ‡tThe wire squadron -- ‡tNothing but reverses -- ‡tPop goes the cable -- ‡tBrakes, not breaks -- ‡tBreaking strain -- ‡tHundred-year storm -- ‡tLaid at last -- ‡tA name on millions of tongues -- ‡tBlack day for Whitehouse -- ‡tWhat should he say? -- ‡gPart Three: One world. ‡tUp like a rocket, down like a stick -- ‡tField's wars -- ‡tThe tides turn -- ‡tFor want of a captain -- ‡tCaptain courageous -- ‡tTelcon rules -- ‡tAny enemy well equipped -- ‡tHero and heroine -- ‡tFatal decree -- ‡tReturn of the mainspring -- ‡tJames Anderson to the rescue -- ‡tCanning's grand plan -- ‡tOld world, new world -- One world -- ‡tEpilogue -- ‡tAcknowledgments -- ‡tNotes -- ‡tBibliography -- ‡tIllustration credits -- ‡tIndex. |
| 520 | . | ‡a"On an unassuming January day in 1854, an entrepreneur named Cyrus Field was struck by an idea: if he could lay a telegraph cable across the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, thereby wiring the world for near-instantaneous communication, he was sure to bring about peace on Earth. His plan would later be described as a 'wild and visionary scheme,' the moonshot of the nineteenth century. At the time, no project like it had ever been attempted; in fact, science still lacked a universal theory of electricity. But twelve years, four spectacular--and spectacularly public--failures, and near-incalculable amounts of money, bravery, and tenacity later, the first transatlantic cable was laid, ushering in the global information age and transforming life on Earth forever. In Lightning Beneath the Sea, acclaimed author James M. Tabor weaves an unforgettable tale of radical vision, unwavering determination, and improbable triumph against the odds and wild rages of the Atlantic. The dream team Field assembled to realize the cable project included telegraph legend Samuel F. B. Morse; a young William Thompson, Lord Kelvin, called the da Vinci of his day; Michael Faraday, the father of electrical engineering; and legendary philanthropist and railway pioneer Peter Cooper, founder of the Cooper Union. Together, they battled miscalculations, freak accidents, probable corporate sabotage, and the hubris of the project's original chief electrician-a man who insisted on being called Wildman Whitehouse-while racing two rival efforts to establish telegraphic communications between continents. When it was finally done, their cable would span 2,000 miles and lie as many as 2.5 miles deep under the ocean. Today, hundreds of its descendants still carry 99 percent of the world's information through a 'world undersea web.' Deeply researched and written with verve, Lightning Beneath the Sea is the definitive account of an epoch-making achievement"-- ‡cProvided by publisher. | |
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