George Westinghouse: Gentle Genius by Quentin R. Skrabec Jr. offers a captivating exploration of the life and legacy of one of America’s greatest inventors and industrial pioneers. From transforming railroads with revolutionary air brakes to lighting cities with alternating current (AC) electricit...

Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair ushered in the modern electric age with an unprecedented display of electrical lighting, fountains, and dynamos to power the greatest party on Earth. Everything that you ever wanted to know about electricity at the 1893 World’s Fair but were afraid to ask, it’s ...

Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair ushered in the modern electric age with an unprecedented display of electrical lighting, fountains, and dynamos to power the greatest party on Earth. Everything that you ever wanted to know about electricity at the 1893 World’s Fair but were afraid to ask, it’s ...

Everybody knows that Thomas Edison devised electric light and domestic electricity supplies, that Guglielmo Marconi thought up radio and George Westinghouse built the world's first hydro-electric power station. Everybody knows these 'facts' but they are wrong.The man who dreamt up these things also ...

Embark on a sweeping narrative that illuminates the very force that powers our modern world. This journey begins in the profound darkness of antiquity, where lightning was the fury of the gods and the faint crackle of static from a piece of amber was a parlor trick of ancient Greek philosophers. Dis...

Embark on a sweeping narrative that illuminates the very force that powers our modern world. This journey begins in the profound darkness of antiquity, where lightning was the fury of the gods and the faint crackle of static from a piece of amber was a parlor trick of ancient Greek philosophers. Dis...

Move over, Thomas Edison! Nikola Tesla takes the spotlight in a biography of the man who pioneered modern electrical engineering — and changed the course of history. When a Serbian boy named Nikola Tesla was three, he stroked his cat and was enchanted by the electrical sparks. By the time he was...