The electric war : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the race to light the world / Mike Winchell.
2019
TK140.E3 W478 2019 (Mapit)
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Title
The electric war : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the race to light the world / Mike Winchell.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781250120168 (hardcover)
1250120160 (hardcover)
1250120160 (hardcover)
Published
New York : Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
Language
English
Description
260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
TK140.E3 W478 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification
621.3/09
Summary
"The riveting nonfiction account of the scientific competition to light the world with electricity."-- Provided by publisher.
Note
"Christy Ottaviano Books."
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index.
Audience
Ages 12-14.
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Table of Contents
The calm before the storm
The first spark
What's good for the goose
A wizard is born
AC/DC, a current craze
Flashes of light
What's mine is yours
Meeting of the minds
Earned success
The rabid animal vs. the fawn in the forest
Death in the wires
Shocked
To death
In Kemmler's wake
All the world's a stage
One rises, one falls
Epilogue : after the storm
The first spark
What's good for the goose
A wizard is born
AC/DC, a current craze
Flashes of light
What's mine is yours
Meeting of the minds
Earned success
The rabid animal vs. the fawn in the forest
Death in the wires
Shocked
To death
In Kemmler's wake
All the world's a stage
One rises, one falls
Epilogue : after the storm