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1) Edison
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From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Morris comes a revelatory new biography ofThomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history.
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Presents a biography of Nikola Tesla, the man who invented radio, robots, remote control, and the electric induction motor and alternating current, which is the basis of the modern electric grid. Explores why Tesla has been more or less overlooked by history, aspects of his life that arguably makes him a genius, and highlights the quirks of his personality that made him an enigma--like being an extreme germaphobe and never shaking hands with anyone....
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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...
14) Thomas Edison
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Chronicles the life and career of inventor Thomas Edison, who is responsible for setting up the first industrial research laboratory.
15) Thomas Edison
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Discusses the life of Thomas Edison, the inventor of the phonograph, the first machine to record and play sounds.
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"Nikola Tesla examines the life and accomplishments of this brilliant but enigmatic scientist, detailing the breakthroughs that made him legendary and the possible factors that led to his personal and financial decline. As an inventor, researcher, and engineer, Tesla was an important contributor to the fields of commercial electricity and electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His patents and theoretical work formed the basis...
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"This STEM/STEAM picture book tells the story of Edith Clarke, the innovator who solved an electrical mystery and built the first graphing calculator--from paper, an accomplishment that helped her become of the first woman electrical engineer in America"--
Edith Clarke devoured numbers, puzzles, and brainteasers. She was an innovator who dreams of how mathematics could modernize America. Fascinated by electricity, Clarke solved an electrical mystery...