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January 2, 2007
AC/DC: The Savage Tale of the First Standards War
Dawnise came home from the library the other day and presented me a copy of AC/DC: The Savage Tale of the First Standards War. It turned out to be a nice dove-tail into my recent read of Thunderstruck, though not as exhaustive, and not told in the form of a narrative.
The book recounts (as the title suggests) the conflict between DC proponents (most notably Edison) and AC proponents (Tesla and George Westinghouse) at the formative years of the electrical age. The book was well written, and I did learn a few things. A solid four stars. Not a great book, but quite good. And at just under 200 pages, a pretty quick read.
Posted by dberger at January 2, 2007 7:09 AM