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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."--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winchell, Mike (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
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.
Edison, Thomas A. > (Thomas Alva), > 1847-1931.
Tesla, Nikola, > 1856-1943.
Westinghouse, George, > 1846-1914.
Electrification.
Electric power.
Electrical engineering.
Lighting.
Inventors.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Science & Technology.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION > United States > History > 19th Century.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION > Science & Nature > History of Science.
United States.
Young adult literature.
Nonfiction.
Informational works.
History.
Juvenile works.
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).