D Kay
Biographic Data
| ID | 6078704 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D Kay |
| GIVEN NAMES | D |
| FAMILY NAME | Kay |
| SIGNATURE | KAY D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1416-4463 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
"A Mighty Cobweb"
It's half past 8:00 on a Friday morning and I'm walking up the hill to work. As I look up, I see the buildings of the university campus ahead of me. The sky is a clear, crisp, wintry blue, and the traffic is heading past me up the one-way street. The environment is highly designed and technologized: from the buses with wifi, to the taxis with satnavs, to the people busily communing with their phones, or wrapped up in a protective digital soundsca…
When They Hid the Fire
Reviewed by: When They Hid the Fire: A History of Electricity and Invisible Energy in America by Daniel French Michael Kay (bio) When They Hid the Fire: A History of Electricity and Invisible Energy in America By Daniel French. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017. Pp. 250. Although subtitled as a history of electricity, When They Hid the Fire is more a history of perceptions of and attitudes towards energy production and use. Daniel …
Electrifying the country house
Could country house museums be indispensable sites for learning about both science as well as history? Given current logistical constraints, would it be worthwhile for school teachers to arrange student visits to such places to learn about STEM subjects? At first sight such epitomes of British heritage do not appear to offer much to such audiences. However, recent research shows that some country houses were once key sites of technological innova…
From hydroelectricity to the National Grid
This paper explores the changing experiences of electricity consumption in British country houses up to the early years of national electricity supply. We identify three stages of domestic electrification: the ‘experimental’ stage, when the technology was viable only for limited household purposes; the ‘fashionable’ stage when electrical lighting was rendered an aesthetic luxury; and finally the normalisation stage, when electricity was treated a…
Quantitative Genetics of Response to Novelty and Other Stimuli by Infant Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) Across Three Behavioral Assessments
Quantitative Genetics of Response to Novelty and Other Stimuli by Infant Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) Across Three Behavioral Assessments
From hydroelectricity to the National Grid
This paper explores the changing experiences of electricity consumption in British country houses up to the early years of national electricity supply. We identify three stages of domestic electrification: the ‘experimental’ stage, when the technology was viable only for limited household purposes; the ‘fashionable’ stage when electrical lighting was rendered an aesthetic luxury; and finally the normalisation stage, when electricity was treated a…
Electrifying the country house
Could country house museums be indispensable sites for learning about both science as well as history? Given current logistical constraints, would it be worthwhile for school teachers to arrange student visits to such places to learn about STEM subjects? At first sight such epitomes of British heritage do not appear to offer much to such audiences. However, recent research shows that some country houses were once key sites of technological innova…
"A Mighty Cobweb"
It's half past 8:00 on a Friday morning and I'm walking up the hill to work. As I look up, I see the buildings of the university campus ahead of me. The sky is a clear, crisp, wintry blue, and the traffic is heading past me up the one-way street. The environment is highly designed and technologized: from the buses with wifi, to the taxis with satnavs, to the people busily communing with their phones, or wrapped up in a protective digital soundsca…
When They Hid the Fire
Reviewed by: When They Hid the Fire: A History of Electricity and Invisible Energy in America by Daniel French Michael Kay (bio) When They Hid the Fire: A History of Electricity and Invisible Energy in America By Daniel French. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017. Pp. 250. Although subtitled as a history of electricity, When They Hid the Fire is more a history of perceptions of and attitudes towards energy production and use. Daniel …
Engineering (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Electricity (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Consumption (sociology) (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Electrical engineering (2 works) · History (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social science (2 works)