Książka AC/DC - The Savage Tale of the First Standards War Tom McNichol

AC/DC - The Savage Tale of the First Standards War

Autor: Tom McNichol
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Twarda
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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AC/DC tells the little-known story of how Thomas Edison wrongly bet in the fierce war between suppor...

Informacje o książce

Autor
Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Twarda
Data wydania
2006
strony
208
EAN
9780787982676
ISBN
0787982679
Enbook ID
04921178
Waga
478
Wymiary
238 x 161 x 19

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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 A"operating systemA" for his future inventionsA-not to mention the company he founded, General Electric.

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