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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Here is the story of the ambitious young man who brought life-changing ideas to America, despite the obstructive efforts of his hero-turned-rival, Thomas Edison. From using alternating current to light up the Chicago World's Fair to harnessing Niagara to electrify New York City and beyond, Nikola Tesla was a revolutionary ahead of his time. Remote controls, fluorescent lights, X-rays, speedometers, cell phones, even the radio -- all resulted from...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Born at the stroke of midnight during a lightning storm, Nikola Tesla grew up to become one of the most important electrical inventors in the world. But before working with electricity, he was a child who loved playing with the animals on his family's farm in Serbia. An inventor since childhood, Tesla's patents encompassed everything from radar and remote-control technology to wireless communications. But his greatest invention was the AC induction...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"As a scientist, inventor, and engineer, Nikola Tesla was devoted to discovery, registering over 700 patents in his lifetime. He is . . . celebrated as the father of modern electricity, shaping technology that came after. Tesla's . . . life story is the focus of this . . . volume, which includes . . . reproduced documents from Tesla's personal archives"--
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