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1 online resource (1 audio file (5hr., 34 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Greg Tremblay. |
| Summary |
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‚ and the prize was a nationwide monopoly in electric current. Brimming with action, suspense, and rich historical information, this rousing account reveals the true story behind one of the world's defining scientific competitions. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.
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Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943.
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Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914.
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Electrification -- History.
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Electric power -- History.
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Electrical engineering -- United States -- History.
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Lighting -- United States -- History.
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Inventors -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Tremblay, Greg, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781974932382 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1974932389 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12287838 |
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