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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     O'Quinn, Amy M.     Subjects     Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943 -- Juvenile literature.     Serbian American inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Electrical engineers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      O'Quinn, Amy M.       by title:      Nikola Tesla for kid...       by call number:      621.3092 T337oq     Search the Web     O'Quinn, Amy M.     Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943 -- Juvenile literature.     Serbian American inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Electrical engineers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.       MARC Display

Nikola Tesla for kids : his life, ideas, and inventions, with 21 activities / Amy M. O'Quinn. by O'Quinn, Amy M. Chicago Review Press, c2019. Call #: 621.3092 T337oq Subjects Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943 -- Juvenile literature.   Serbian American inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Electrical engineers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9780912777214 Edition:  First edition. Description:  ix, 134 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-129) and index. Contents:  Electrified beginnings -- Moving to America -- Roadblocks and victories -- From waterfalls to Wardenclyffe -- Trials, successes, and sadness -- Through the years: 1914-1931 -- Quiet departures. Summary:  Nikola Tesla was a physicist, scientist, electrical engineer, and world-renowned inventor whose accomplishments faded into oblivion after his death in 1943. He was omitted from most history books, while his colleagues and competitors (including Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi) and their successes are still remembered and celebrated. Tesla was undeniably eccentric and compulsive; some considered him to be somewhat of a "mad" scientist. But in reality, he was a visionary. Many of his ideas and inventions that were deemed impossible during his lifetime have since become reality. He was the first to successfully use rotating magnetic fields to create an AC (alternating current) electrical power supply system and induction motor. He is now acknowledged to have invented the radio, ahead of Marconi. Among other things, he developed the Tesla coil, an oscillator, generators, fluorescent tubes, neon lights, and a small remote-controlled boat. He helped design the world's first hydroelectric plant at Niagara Falls. Nikola Tesla for Kids is the story of Nikola Tesla's life and ideas, complete with a time line, 21 hands-on activities, and additional resources to better understand his many accomplishments, as well as the inventions that still amaze and benefit us today. Audience:  Ages 9+. Genre:  Biography, Juvenile. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Captain William Spry Public Library Children's Nonfiction 621.3092 T337oq Childrens Books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Children's Nonfiction 621.3092 T337oq Childrens Books Checked out Jul 24, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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