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AC/DC : the savage tale of the first standards war / Tom McNichol.
- Title
- AC/DC : the savage tale of the first standards war / Tom McNichol.
- Author
- McNichol, Tom.
- Publication
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | QC641 .M36 2006 | Off-site |
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- Description
- v, 198 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Presents a survey of the battle between Thomas Edison and European inventor Nikola Tesla over whether alternating or direct current would be the standard for bringing electricity to millions of people.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index.
- Contents
- Negative and positive -- First sparks -- Lightning in a bottle -- Enter the wizard -- Let there be light -- Electrifying the Big Apple -- Tesla -- The animal experiments -- Old Sparky -- Pulse of the world -- Killing an elephant -- Twilight by battery power -- DC's revenge -- Epilogue : standards wars : past, present, and future.
- ISBN
- 0787982679
- LCCN
- ^^2006013041
- 9780787982676
- OCLC
- 67384028
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library