01824cam a2200325 i 4500 536480040 TxAuBib 20211118120000.0 170202s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017004508 9781944648268 hbk. 26.95 1944648267 hbk. 26.95 TxAuBib rda Roach, Craig,. Simply electrifying : the technology that transformed the world, from Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk / Craig R. Roach. Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, Inc., [2017] xvii, 461 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-394) and index. Just imagine -- The age of Franklin : a time of awe and discovery -- The age of Edison : let there be light (and power) -- The age of big : big government, big power plants -- The age of harm : crisis, change, and scandal -- The age of uncompromising belief -- Just imagine. Examines "the 250-year history of electricity through the stories of the men and women who used it to transform our world: Benjamin Franklin, James Watt, Michael Faraday, Samuel F.B. Morse, Thomas Edison, Samuel Insull, Albert Einstein, Rachel Carson, Elon Musk, and more. In the process, it reveals for the first time the ... often-dangerous story of electricity's historic discovery, development, and worldwide application"--Amazon.com. 20211118. Electricity History. Electrical engineering History. Inventors Biography. Biographies. Roach, Craig., Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, Inc., [2017].