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Presents a survey of the battle between Thomas Edison and European inventor Nikola Tesla over whether alternating or direct current would be the standard for bringing electricity to millions of people.
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AC/DC: The Savage Tale of the First Standards War
Jan 01, 2013, Blackstone Audiobooks, Blackstone Audio
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AC/DC: The Savage Tale of the First Standards War
2011, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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1118047028 9781118047026
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AC/DC: The Savage Tale of the First Standards War
May 01, 2008, Blackstone Audiobooks, Blackstone Audio
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AC/DC: The Savage Tale of the First Standards War
2008, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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0470366788 9780470366783
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AC/DC: The Savage Tale of the First Standards War
September 18, 2006, Jossey-Bass
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0787982679 9780787982676
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AC/DC tells the little-known story of how Thomas Edison wrongly bet in the fierce war between supporters of alternating current and direct current. The savagery of this electrical battle can hardly be imagined today. The showdown between AC and DC began as a rather straightforward conflict between technical standards, a battle of competing methods to deliver essentially the same product, electricity. But the skirmish soon metastasized into something bigger and darker. In the AC/DC battle, the worst aspects of human nature somehow got caught up in the wires; a silent, deadly flow of arrogance, vanity, and cruelty. Following the path of least resistance, the war of currents soon settled around that most primal of human emotions: fear. AC/DC serves as an object lesson in bad business strategy and poor decision making. Edison's inability to see his mistake was a key factor in his loss of control over the ?operating system? for his future inventions?not to mention the co...
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