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Jonnes, Jill

Summary: A chronicle of scientific history recounts the race among inventor Thomas Edison, eccentric genius Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse, a tough entrepreneur and powerful empire builder, to bring electricity to the world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.3 JON

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sci Eng Jonnes

Hudson, Scott

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Breakaway Pub. 1987

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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 917.7 HUD

Kamkwamba, William

Summary: An enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2009

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McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino.

Summary: Relates the race to provide electricity to Americans with two different electric distribution systems, Thomas Edison's direct current and Nikola Tesla's alternating current.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 333.7932 MCP

Harkup, Kathryn

Summary: The year 1818 saw the publication of one of the most influential science-fiction stories of all time. Frankenstein: Or, Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley had a huge impact on gothic horror and science fiction genres. The name Frankenstein has become part of our everyday language, often used in derogatory terms to describe scientists who have overstepped a perceived moral line. But how did a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 HAR

Schafer, Mike.

Summary: "This illustrated history examines the evolution of the mighty "Pennsy" from a disparate group of early horse-car lines into a twentieth-century transportation giant sprawling across 10,000 route miles in 13 of the nation's most populous states."--Dust jacket. "This hardcover edition of the original soft cover volume consists of all new photography from numerous collections. ... We introduce...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385 SCH

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