Simply Electrifying: The Technology that Transformed the World, from Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk
Written by Craig R. Roach
Narrated by Tom Perkins
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
Electricity plays a fundamental role not only in our everyday lives but in history's most pivotal events, from global climate change and the push for wind-and solar-generated electricity to Japan's nuclear accident at Fukushima and Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Written by electricity expert and four-decade veteran of the industry Craig R. Roach, Simply Electrifying marshals, in fascinating narrative detail, the full range of factors that shaped the electricity business over time-science, technology, law, politics, government regulation, economics, business strategy, and culture-before looking forward toward the exhilarating prospects for electricity generation and use that will shape our future.
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Readers find this title to be a great book overall, despite some incomplete chapters. However, some readers feel that it does not accurately portray certain historical figures. One reviewer mentions that the book fails to mention Nikola Tesla in the summary, but others confirm that Tesla is mentioned multiple times throughout the book. Overall, readers recommend giving this book a chance.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great book, but some chapters are not complete, to voice ends in the middle of sentence. Nevertheless the book is very good and recommend to read.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I haven't read the book but it fails to mention Nikola Tesla in summary so I'm inclined to dismiss it as it may just be written to catch the eye, not going into substance. Nikola Tesla is mentioned several times in the book so I give it better rating.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5A promo book for sertain historical persons. Don't paint a correct picture of this category.