The electric war : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the race to light the world
Title:
The electric war : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the race to light the world
Author:
Winchell, Mike.
ISBN:
9781250120168
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
Physical Description:
260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
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).
Subject:
| 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 -- Juvenile literature. |
| Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943 -- Juvenile literature. |
| Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914 -- Juvenile literature. |