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AC/DC : The Savage Tale of the First Standards War by Tom McNichol (2013, Hardcover)

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This volume chronicles the story of how Thomas Edison bet wrong in the vicious war between supporters of alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC). More than a juicy story, it is an object lesson in bad business strategy and poor decision making.

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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0787982679
ISBN-13
9780787982676
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57013473

Product Key Features

Book Title
AC/DC : the Savage Tale of the First Standards War
Author
Tom Mcnichol
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Physics / Electricity, Electrical, History
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science
Number of Pages
208 Pages

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Item Length
9.1 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Qc641.M36 2006
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A little more than 100 years ago, two titans of industry faced off in one of the most vicious battles the marketplace had ever seen. On one side, Thomas Edison, inventor extraordinaire, the creator of the phonograph and the electric light; on the other, George Westinghouse, tycoon and titan, backing the mysterious eastern European inventor Nikola Tesla. They fought over the very nature of the electrical system in America: would it be built on alternating current (as Westinghouse proposed), or direct currentà la Edison- Though a battle over electrical standards sounds dry, this tale is anything but. McNichol's solid if brief survey of this relatively unknown moment in the history of technology ranges from macabre electrocutions of hapless animals (and eventually prison inmates) as demonstrations of the "Death Current" to the gleaming "electrical wonderland" of the 1893 World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. Though the author focuses on when it's wise to fight a standards battle and when to give in, some might wish that he had another 200 pages in which to flesh out the story. His book tantalizingly scratches the surface of Edison's ingenuity and force of will, Westinghouse's shrewd business sense, and most of all the sheer eccentricity of Nikola Tesla.(Sept.) ( Publishers Weekly , July 17, 2006), A little more than 100 years ago, two titans of industry faced off in one of the most vicious battles the marketplace had ever seen. On one side, Thomas Edison, inventor extraordinaire, the creator of the phonograph and the electric light; on the other, George Westinghouse, tycoon and titan, backing the mysterious eastern European inventor Nikola Tesla. They fought over the very nature of the electrical system in America: would it be built on alternating current (as Westinghouse proposed), or direct currenta la Edison- Though a battle over electrical standards sounds dry, this tale is anything but. McNichol's solid if brief survey of this relatively unknown moment in the history of technology ranges from macabre electrocutions of hapless animals (and eventually prison inmates) as demonstrations of the "Death Current" to the gleaming "electrical wonderland" of the 1893 World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. Though the author focuses on when it's wise to fight a standards battle and when to give in, some might wish that he had another 200 pages in which to flesh out the story. His book tantalizingly scratches the surface of Edison's ingenuity and force of will, Westinghouse's shrewd business sense, and most of all the sheer eccentricity of Nikola Tesla.(Sept.) ("Publishers Weekly," July 17, 2006)
Table of Content
Prologue Negative and Positive 1 1 First Sparks 5 2 Lightning in a Bottle 13 3 Enter the Wizard 25 4 Let There Be Light 41 5 Electrifying the Big Apple 55 6 Tesla 69 7 The Animal Experiments 87 8 Old Sparky 107 9 Pulse of the World 129 10 Killing an Elephant 143 11 Twilight by Battery Power 155 12 DC's Revenge 173 Epilogue Standards Wars: Past, Present, and Future 181 Further Readings in Electricity 187 The Author 191 Index 193
Copyright Date
2006
Lccn
2006-013041
Dewey Decimal
621.319/1309
Dewey Edition
22

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