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03056aam a22003978i 4500 001 4DA89FAA868F11E988B41FF596128E48 003 SILO 005 20190604010217 008 181128s2019 ilu j b 001 0beng c 010 $a 2018056856 020 $a 0912777214 020 $a 9780912777214 (pbk.) 040 $b eng $e rda $c NJQ $d DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a TK140.T4 $b O6925 082 04 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a O'Quinn, Amy M. $e author. 245 10 $a Nikola Tesla for kids : $b His life, ideas, and inventions / $c Amy M. O'Quinn 246 $a Nikola Tesla 263 $a 1912 264 1 $a Chicago, Illinois : $b Chicago Review Press, $c 2019 300 $a 134 pages : $b color illustrations 521 1 $a Ages 9+. 520 $a Nikola Tesla was a physicist, scientist, electrical engineer, and world-renowned inventor whose accomplishments faded into oblivion after his death in 1943. He was omitted from most history books, while his colleagues and competitors (including Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi) and their successes are still remembered and celebrated. Tesla was undeniably eccentric and compulsive; some considered him to be somewhat of a "mad" scientist. But in reality, he was a visionary. Many of his ideas and inventions that were deemed impossible during his lifetime have since become reality. He was the first to successfully use rotating magnetic fields to create an AC (alternating current) electrical power supply system and induction motor. He is now acknowledged to have invented the radio, ahead of Marconi. Among other things, he developed the Tesla coil, an oscillator, generators, fluorescent tubes, neon lights, and a small remote-controlled boat. He helped design the world's first hydroelectric plant at Niagara Falls. Nikola Tesla for Kids is the story of Nikola Tesla's life and ideas, complete with a time line, 21 hands-on activities, and additional resources to better understand his many accomplishments, as well as the inventions that still amaze and benefit us today. $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Includes 21 activities. 500 $a Electrified beginnings -- Moving to America -- Roadblocks and victories -- From waterfalls to Wardenclyffe -- Trials, successes, and sadness -- Through the years: 1914-1931 -- Quiet departures. 600 10 $a Tesla, Nikola, $d 1856-1943 $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Serbian American inventors $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Electrical engineers $z United States $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Inventors $z United States $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 776 08 $i Online version: $a O'Quinn, Amy M., author. $t Nikola Tesla for kids $b First edition. $d Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2019] $z 9780912777221 $w (DLC) 2018057241 941 $a 2 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190716013245.0 952 $l XBPE737 $d 20190709011141.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4DA89FAA868F11E988B41FF596128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search