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Author conjures up gilded age new york with such sparkle and love, you want to believe it happened just the way he says. Excellently researched and finely written.
There were several instances of dozing off and needing to backtrack.
Young cravath came to play a central role in freeing up the manufacture of better bulbs, and then the adoption of ac as the standard of general electrical generation and delivery. The plot line delves into the lives of thomas edison, nikola tesla, and... Read More
Well researched, well structure and a pleasure to read this book. It compresses the time span a bit but mainly for the sake of readability. Fast paced with well defined characters.
Cons
The audible narrator is, for me, the biggest problem. All that edison lacks in the story is a thin mustache that he can twirl.
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Quality
I really liked the storytelling sometimes it did seem a bit dramatic with the dialogue but overall quick historical fiction read
In this computer age with the good and bad of ai looking us in the face this was an interesting look back that included some mystery
I wish that the author had not waited to the endnotes to disclose where he had taken the most liberty with the real story
The war though didn’t start there it started with the lowly common light bulb
Competitiveness
As always lots of smaller chapters with a big crescendo in each but a fun way to imagine how important historical figures would... Read More
The issue is the competition over ac or dc electric current for the distribution of electricity the inventions of light bulbs p... Read More
Tesla came onto the scene as westinghouse’s and cravath’s hope of developing the better light bulb a monopoly buster to edison’s patent
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- This product had a total of 9,983 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 30 2023.
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Sometimes you just can’t make up a story that’s as good as a real one even if it’s a little off of the actual events
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Kemmler’s story is only a tiny part of the book which is a fascinating story of the early electrification of the country
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I have never given much thought to the race to discover the electric light bulb and the race light up america
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Though the book is a work of fiction as is the main character
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His whole career will be over
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And only one man has ever won against the “wizard” thomas edison
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When my daughter told me to read this book about some scientists and their court case it didn’t sound super appealing
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Reading during covid 20202021 has been difficult
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