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The electric war : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the race to light the world
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- Summary
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"The riveting nonfiction account of the scientific competition to light the world with electricity."--
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- Creator
- Mike Winchell
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2019
- ©2019
- Physical Details
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- 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781250120168, 1250120160
- OCLC
- on1057239014
- "Christy Ottaviano Books."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index.
- 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 -- After the storm (an epilogue)
Subjects
- Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 -- Juvenile literature.
- Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943 -- Juvenile literature.
- Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914 -- Juvenile literature.
- Electrification -- History -- Juvenile literature.
- Electric power -- History -- Juvenile literature.
- Electrical engineering -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
- Lighting -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
- Inventors -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
- Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.
Children's Subject Heading
- Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943.
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- Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914.
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- Electrification.
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- Electric power.
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- Electrical engineering.
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- Lighting.
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- Inventors.
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