AC/DC : the savage tale of the first standards war / Tom McNichol.
By: McNichol, Tom.
Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2006Description: 198 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780787982676; 0787982679.Subject(s): Electric currents, Alternating -- History | Electric currents, Direct -- History | Electricity -- Standards -- History | Electricity -- HistoryDDC classification: 621.319/1309 Online resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description | Contributor biographical information
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.
Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Book | Skoltech library Shelves | QC641 .M36 2006 (Browse shelf) | Available | 2000006268 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index.
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.
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