ISBN: 9780787994884

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 … Mehr…

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 company he founded, General Electric.; EPUB; Scientific, Technical and Medical > Science: general issues > History of science, Stackpole Books<

2006, ISBN: 9780787994884

AC/DC tells the little-known story of how Thomas Edisonwrongly bet in the fierce war between supporters of alternatingcurrent and direct current. The savagery of this electrical battlecan… Mehr…

AC/DC tells the little-known story of how Thomas Edisonwrongly bet in the fierce war between supporters of alternatingcurrent and direct current. The savagery of this electrical battlecan hardly be imagined today. The showdown between AC and DC beganas a rather straightforward conflict between technical standards, abattle of competing methods to deliver essentially the sameproduct, electricity. But the skirmish soon metastasized intosomething bigger and darker. In the AC/DC battle, the worst aspectsof human nature somehow got caught up in the wires; a silent,deadly flow of arrogance, vanity, and cruelty. Following the pathof least resistance, the war of currents soon settled around thatmost primal of human emotions: fear. AC/DC serves as anobject lesson in bad business strategy and poor decision making.Edison's inability to see his mistake was a key factor in his lossof control over the ?operating system? for his futureinventions?not to mention the company he founded, General Electric. eBook Tom McNichol PDF, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 11.10.2006, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006<

2006, ISBN: 9780787994884

AC/DC tells the little-known story of how Thomas Edisonwrongly bet in the fierce war between supporters of alternatingcurrent and direct current. The savagery of this electrical battlecan… Mehr…

AC/DC tells the little-known story of how Thomas Edisonwrongly bet in the fierce war between supporters of alternatingcurrent and direct current. The savagery of this electrical battlecan hardly be imagined today. The showdown between AC and DC beganas a rather straightforward conflict between technical standards, abattle of competing methods to deliver essentially the sameproduct, electricity. But the skirmish soon metastasized intosomething bigger and darker. In the AC/DC battle, the worst aspectsof human nature somehow got caught up in the wires; a silent,deadly flow of arrogance, vanity, and cruelty. Following the pathof least resistance, the war of currents soon settled around thatmost primal of human emotions: fear. AC/DC serves as anobject lesson in bad business strategy and poor decision making.Edison's inability to see his mistake was a key factor in his lossof control over the ?operating system? for his futureinventions?not to mention the company he founded, General Electric. eBook PDF, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 11.10.2006, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006<

2006, ISBN: 9780787994884

AC/DC tells the little-known story of how Thomas Edisonwrongly bet in the fierce war between supporters of alternatingcurrent and direct current. The savagery of this electrical battlecan… Mehr…

AC/DC tells the little-known story of how Thomas Edisonwrongly bet in the fierce war between supporters of alternatingcurrent and direct current. The savagery of this electrical battlecan hardly be imagined today. The showdown between AC and DC beganas a rather straightforward conflict between technical standards, abattle of competing methods to deliver essentially the sameproduct, electricity. But the skirmish soon metastasized intosomething bigger and darker. In the AC/DC battle, the worst aspectsof human nature somehow got caught up in the wires; a silent,deadly flow of arrogance, vanity, and cruelty. Following the pathof least resistance, the war of currents soon settled around thatmost primal of human emotions: fear. AC/DC serves as anobject lesson in bad business strategy and poor decision making.Edison's inability to see his mistake was a key factor in his lossof control over the ?operating system? for his futureinventions?not to mention the company he founded, General Electric. eBook 11.10.2006, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., John Wiley & Sons, Inc.<

ISBN: 9780787994884

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 … Mehr…

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 company he founded, General Electric.; PDF; History & Transport > Humanities, Wiley<