TY - BOOK AU - Rusch,Elizabeth AU - Dominguez,Oliver TI - Electrical wizard: how Nikola Tesla lit up the world SN - 9780763658557 AV - TK140.T4 R87 2013 U1 - 621.3 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic KW - Electrical engineers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Juvenile literature KW - Inventors KW - Serbian Americans KW - Serbian-Americans KW - Picture books for children KW - lcsh N1 - O; 840; Lexile; O; Raz-Plus N2 - Here is the story of the ambitious young man who brought life-changing ideas to America, despite the obstructive efforts of his hero-turned-rival, Thomas Edison. From using alternating current, to lighting up the Chicago World's Fair, to harnessing Niagara to electrify New York City and beyond, Nikola Tesla was a revolutionary ahead of his time. Remote controls, fluorescent lights, X-rays, speedometers, cell phones, even the radio -- all resulted from Nikola Tesla's inventions ER -