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The electric war : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the race to light the world / Mike Winchell.

By: Material type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781250120168 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 621.3 23
LOC classification:
  • TK140.E3 W478 2019
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).
Summary: "The riveting nonfiction account of the scientific competition to light the world with electricity."--
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
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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