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Simply Electrifying: The Technology That Transformed the World, from Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk brings to life 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 complete, thrilling, and often dangerous story of electricity's historic discovery, development, and worldwide application.

Tesla is regarded as one of the top researchers and inventors in the field of electricity. There are 43 chapters in the audiobook, the majority of which focus on various areas of research and discoveries by Tesla. The ideas and inventions are communicated in their unique ways, each of which establishes its position based on inherent value. Tesla advanced past his contemporaries to the next stage while also extending and revolutionizing the work of his predecessors.

Want to know how AT&T's Bell Labs developed semiconductor technology - and how its leading scientists almost came to blows in the process? Want to understand how radio and television work - and why RCA drove their inventors to financial ruin and early graves? Conquering the Electron offers these stories and more, presenting each revolutionary technological advance right alongside blow-by-blow personal battles that all too often took place.

The Electricity Exchange podcast is a series of in-depth discussions hosted by Dr. Paddy Finn, VIOTAS CEO & CTO. Together with industry experts, Paddy and guests analyse and discuss a wide variety of topics related to electricity, the energy landscape and what the future may look like.If you're interested in hearing how changes in the energy sector might affect your personal or professional life, this podcast is for you.Subscribe to The Electricity Exchange for free wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Companies all over the world are being buffeted by new technologies, disruptive business models and start-up innovation. Business leaders know that they need to adopt these new technologies like blockchain, artificial intelligence and Internet of things, and transform their companies using them...

We’re running out of time. Fossil fuels are choking the planet and renewable energy isn’t cutting it. The solution has been hiding in plain sight all along. Nuclear. When most people hear that word, they go to a very bad place: bombs, Chernobyl, hazmat suits, radioactive fallout… the stuff...

In the preface of this captivating book, the author poses a thought-provoking question how would your life change if all electrical services were to suddenly vanish? As we navigate a world where technology‚Aîfrom communication to entertainment and healthcare‚Aîis woven into the fabric of our daily lives, its fascinating to explore the remarkable advancements in electricity and technology that laid the groundwork for our modern era by the dawn of the 20th century. This book delves into the pioneering achievements of visionaries who introduced innovations such as hydroelectric power, the ...

The inspiring true story of Loïe Fuller, a radical 19th-century art nouveau icon who turned artificial light into performance art and became the incandescent inventor of modern dance, is revealed in this transportive and hypnotic historical narrative.

Energy is vital for a good standard of living, and much of the world's population does not have enough. Affordable and adequate sources of power that do not cause climate change or pollution are crucial; and renewables provide the answer. Wind and solar farms can now provide the cheapest electricity in many parts of the world. Moreover, they could provide all of the world's energy needs.