Zap! Nikola Tesla Takes Charge by Monica Kulling
In 1884, Croatian Nikola Tesla arrived in New York with a letter of introduction to Thomas Edison. Upon meeting, Edison sent Tesla to fix the SS Oregon as a test and was so astounded that he offered Tesla a job at his factory. Tesla and Edison had different views about electricity; Tesla wanted to develop an alternate current while Edison wanted to stick to the direct current system. Mistreated by Edison, he quit and met George Westinghouse, who also thought that alternating current was the way to light up America. He gave Tesla a job and in 1896 they built a generator at Niagara Falls that sent power as far as Buffalo, New York.MONICA KULLING is a poet who has written over forty children's books, including picture books, classic novel adaptations, and biographies. She has written about Harriet Tubman, Henry Ford, Houdini, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Amelia Earhart, among others, and is known for bringing biography to children who are just learning to read. Her award-winning Great Idea Series tells the stories of fascinating inventors and their incredible innovations. She's also the author of Merci Mister Dash!, a humorous children's book. David Parkins is an award-winning illustrator of more than fifty children's books. Visit his website at www.monicakulling.ca.
He became a freelance illustrator after studying wildlife illustration in Wales and general illustration at Lincoln College of Art. His work has featured in The Guardian, the Toronto Star, Bloomberg Business Week, Nature, The Economist, and The Beano, a British children's comic. He is the critically acclaimed illustrator of three more books in Monica Kulling's Great Idea Series: In the Bag!, in which he draws a regular editorial cartoon for the Globe and Mail.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780735264816 |
| ISBN 10 | 0735264813 |
| Title | Zap! Nikola Tesla Takes Charge |
| Author | Monica Kulling |
| Series | Great Idea Ser |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Prentice Hall Press |
| Year published | 2019-02-05 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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