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100 1 _aAldrich, Lisa J.,
_d1952-
_920764
245 1 0 _aNikola Tesla and the taming of electricity /
_cLisa J. Aldrich
250 _a1st ed
260 _aGreensboro, N.C. :
_bMorgan Reynolds Pub.,
_c©2005
300 _a160 pages :
_billustrations, portraits ;
_c24 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 156-157) and index
505 0 _aCroatia -- 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
520 _aWell-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."
600 1 0 _aTesla, Nikola,
_d1856-1943
_vJuvenile literature
_920765
650 0 _aElectrical engineers
_zUnited States
_vBiography
_vJuvenile literature
_920766
650 0 _aInventors
_zUnited States
_vBiography
_vJuvenile literature
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655 7 _aBiography.
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655 7 _aJuvenile works.
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856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0421/2004018786.html
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