Electrical Wizard

How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World

By Rusch, Elizabeth

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ISBN
978-0-7636-5855-7
Publisher
Candlewick


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Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on September 1, 2013

Nikola Tesla--visionary, inventor, electrical engineer--is often overshadowed in textbooks by scientists such as Edison and Marconi (who, according to the U.S. Supreme Court, falsely received credit for inventing the radio Tesla designed). Here, in the only biography about him published for young readers, Tesla partially receives his due. Tesla's early interest in electricity and manipulating its power can be documented, but at times unwarranted predestination creeps into the account ("Someday, I will turn the power of Ni...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2013  |  Biographies

The only biography about Tesla published for young readers introduces an individual who knows what he wants to accomplish (an alternati...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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