The electric war : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the race to light the world / Mike Winchell.
Material type: TextEdition: First editionDescription: 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781250120168 (hardcover)
- 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
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- TK140.E3 W478 2019
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Non Fiction | MVS Library Main room-Teen/Adult | B- Nonfiction (Teen/Adult) | 621.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 4006544 |
"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).
"The riveting nonfiction account of the scientific competition to light the world with electricity."--
Ages 12-14.
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