Soon Tesla and Edison were rivals in the “war of the currents.” This first picture book biography will introduce young readers to one of the great scientific inventors of all time and his greatest rival too. But Edison was not, insisting that direct current was the only electricity he would work with. He headed to America to meet with Thomas Edison, someone he knew would be interested. Tesla studied and invented and eventually figured out how to make alternating current work, but he needed help. In college Tesla grew interested in alternating current though his professor thought it was impossible. At a young age, Tesla became fascinated by the invisible energy everywhere around him, in the water, the wind and the insect that flew. Nikola Tesla was born in Serbia during a lightning storm, something that would portend his future interest in electricity. Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World by Elizabeth Rusch, illustrated by Oliver Dominguez
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