The Electric War: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Light the World

by Mike Winchell

Book Overview

The spellbinding true account of the scientific competition to light the world with electricity.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250120160
• ISBN13: 9781250120168
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7