Inventor, Engineer, and Physicist Nikola Tesla

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Lerner Publications

Just the Series: STEM Trailblazer Bios

Series and Publisher: STEM Trailblazer Bios

Annotation: Presents the life and accomplishments of the engineer who developed alternating-current technology and invented the radio.

Genre: [Biographies]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #139870

Format: Library Binding

Common Core/STEAM: STEAM

Common Core

Publisher: Lerner Publications

Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 08/01/17

Pages: 32 pages

ISBN: 1-512-43448-5

ISBN 13: 978-1-512-43448-4

Dewey: 921

LCCN: 2016049276

Dimensions: 23 cm.

Subject Heading:
Tesla, Nikola,. 1856-1943. Juvenile literature.
Tesla, Nikola,. 1856-1943.
Electrical engineers. United States. Biography. Juvenile literature.
Inventors. United States. Biography. Juvenile literature.
Electrical engineers.
Inventors.

Language: English

Reviews:

ALA Booklist (Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 CDT 2017)

In straightforward chapters with plenty of photos, entries in the STEM Trailblazer Bio series showcase notable inventors and scientists who broke barriers in their fields. Inventor, Engineer, and Physicist Nikola Tesla describes the scientist's innovations with electricity and his famous feud with Thomas Edison, though it glides over some of his notably unusual characteristics and experiments. Though they're a bit on the dry side, these biographies hit the major highlights of their subjects' lives, and with a broad range of topics in the series, including many contemporary women of color working in STEM fields, these will be useful starting points for students looking for research topics.

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Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Word Count: 2,630

Reading Level: 5.9

Interest Level: 2-5

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.9 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 190859 / grade: Middle Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:5.7 / points:3.0 / quiz:Q71517

Lexile: 890L

Guided Reading Level: Z

Have you ever tried to invent something? As a child, Nikola Tesla saw a picture of a waterfall and imagined an invention that would turn the water's energy into electricity. Later, he invented the water wheel, which turned water power into usable energy. As a young adult, Tesla spent his spare time experimenting with electrical equipment. He worked for inventor Thomas Edison, improving power plants and machines that ran on direct current electricity. But Tesla believed electrical distribution could be better. He went on to invent alternating current electricity, which would allow people to distribute electricity over long distances. Learn how Tesla's work eventually made turning on electrical devices as easy as flipping a switch!

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