Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface III
3. Table of Contents V
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 The Italian political and industrial context of the 19^th Century 15
6. 2 The company of Jakob and Hermann Einstein in the international electrotechnical context – exhibitions and reviews 35
7. 3 Michele Besso and his family’s role in Italian industrialisation 55
8. 4 Albert’s environment in Pavia and preparations for ETH 75
9. 5 Albert’s scientific environment in Milan 95
10. 6 Three Albert’s scientific questionings (1898-1901) in connection with his later 1905 work 113
11. A final word 131
12. Index of names 133
13. Selected bibliography 135
14. Acknowledgements 141