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The electric war Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the race to light the world /

"The riveting nonfiction account of the scientific competition to light the world with electricity."--

Main Author: Winchell, Mike,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
Physical Description: 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition: First edition.
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.
Young adult literature.
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
  • After the storm (an epilogue).

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