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[BOOK] Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify
the World [R.A.R]

[BOOK] Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
[R.A.R]
[BOOK] Empires of
Light: Edison, Tesla,
Westinghouse, and
the Race to Electrify
the World [R.A.R]
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“[Empires of Light] provides a wealth of colorful anecdotes and fascinating detail.―
—The Washington Post Book World “A rollicking story of competitive zeal . . . [the book]
delivers richly on its promise: chronicling a vital stage of American progress as seen through the
lives of three mavericks.―—The Wall Street Journal “Entertaining and informative . . . a
lively account of how personal ambitions and hostilities fueled the interaction between science and
business during the long War of the Electric Currents.―—The Los Angeles Times Book
Review “Jonnes does a fine job portraying these men against the historical background of the
Gilded Age in this engaging, well-documented volume.―—Chicago Tribune “[Jill Jonnes]
brings [Edison, Tesla, and Westinghouse] to life through cumulative biographical detail.―
—Boston Sunday Globe “A crackerjack account of the race for electrification . . . [Empires
of Light] is a story of the collision of business and technology, and Jonnes tells it well.―—San
Francisco Chronicle (Best Books of 2003) “The electrons fairly leap as Jonnes personifies
that high-voltage history with a three-wired account.―—Johns Hopkins Magazine“Jonnes
re-creates this venomous rivalry in a delightful book that may remind readers of E.L.
Doctorowâ€s novel Ragtime. . . . but Empires of Light is no fiction; itâ€s a meticulously
researched narrative in which famous people go baying after an elusive goal: to power cities by
harnessing a hidden force wrested from the atmosphere.―—Discover “With Empires of
Light, Jill Jonnes joins the genre of academicians who truly document for the nationâ€s
collective memory the significant struggles that led to commonplace conveniences of today.―
—The Baltimore Sun “[Empires of Light] moves seamlessly back and forth in time. . . .
Jonnes is a fine biographer and an excellent scientific and industrial historian. Sheâ€s done a
superb job of telling an important story.―—Rocky Mountain News “Fascinating.―—The
Buffalo News “Jonnesâ€s book makes us think about the dramatic changes electricity
brought.―—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Compelling . . .Jill Jonnes has delivered an
absorbing tale about the advent of the power grid.―—The San Diego Union-Tribune
“Jonnes lucidly lays out the technical issues, playing plenty of attention to the personalities
involved to liven things up for the general reader.―—Newsday.com “Jill Jonnesâ€s
Empires of Light is the most exciting science/business adventure to come out in the past decade.
Once she gets past the initial discoveries of the properties of electricity, her brilliant storytelling
pulls the reader into a gripping, real-life turn-of-the-century tale full of twists, turns, ironies, dirty
tricks, breakthrough challenges, accomplishments, tragedies and triumphs.―—Houston
Chronicle