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The Electric War: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Light the World
By Mike Winchell
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By Mike Winchell
Hardcover edition
Publisher Macmillan Imprint Henry Holt and Company, Inc. ISBN9781250120168
Awards and Honors NSTA Best STEM Books - 2020The Electric War: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Light the World
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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 monopoly in electric current.
Time line. Bibliography. Index. Black-and-white photographs and reproductions.
Time line. Bibliography. Index. Black-and-white photographs and reproductions.
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