The Electric War
Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Light the World
The spellbinding true account of the scientific competition to light the world with electricity.In the mid-to-late-nineteenth century, a burgeoning science called electricity promised to shine new light on a rousing nation. Inventive and ambitious minds were hard at work. Soon that spark was fanned, and a fiery war was under way to be the first to light-and run-the world with electricity. Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of direct current (DC), engaged in a brutal battle with Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse, the inventors of alternating current (AC). There would be no ties in this race-only a winner and a loser. The prize: a nationwide m…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-250-12017-5
- EAN: 9781250120175
- Produktnummer: 25481305
- Verlag: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 27'409 KB
- Abbildungen: black-and-white photographs
- Sonstiges: Ab 12 - 18 J.
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Mike Winchell
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