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Aldrich, Lisa J.

Nikola Tesla and the Taming of Electricity

(3) YA Well-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 explanation (not all clear) extend the text. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind.

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