Nikola Tesla and the taming of electricity / Lisa J. Aldrich
Material type: TextPublication details: Greensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds Pub., ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 160 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmISBN: 193179846X; 9781931798464Subject(s): Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943 -- Juvenile literature | Electrical engineers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureGenre/Form: Biography. | Juvenile works. LOC classification: TK140.T4 | A66 2005TK140.T4 | A66 2005Online resources: Table of contentsCurrent library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 621.3092/TES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844400139750 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-157) and index
Croatia -- New horizons -- Edison -- War of the currents -- Going wireless -- Peculiarities -- Alternating current -- Master of lightning -- Wardenclyffe -- Setbacks -- Death ray -- Timeline -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Web sites -- Index
Well-documented information about this inventor abounds in a readable volume. Aldrich covers Tesla s early life in Croatia, his academic brilliance and social awkwardness, his longterm battle with Thomas Edison over alternating current, his uneasy alliance with George Westinghouse, his chronic financial difficulties, and his personal idiosyncrasies. Photos and sidebars of explanations (not all clear) extend the text. Presents the life and accomplishments of the man who created hundreds of inventions without drawing them out, and is credited with becoming "the true father of the radio."
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