electrical engineers

Examines the lives and accomplishments of Guglielmo Marconi and Nikola Tesla, discussing their pioneering work in developing wireless communication, and includes Internet links to additional information.

A biography of American inventor and businessperson Thomas Edison, covering his upbringing, marriages, career, and many patented creations, such as the first practical electric light bulb.

Text and photographs recount the life of scientist Nikola Tesla who developed the technology that harnessed alternating-current electricity.

Presents biographical information about Thomas Edison, and other inventors such as Nikola Tesla, Benjamin Franklin, and Michael Faraday, who developed inventions related to electromagnetism and its use.

A short biography of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century American scientist and inventor Thomas A. Edison that profiles his life and many projects which included motion pictures, the phonograph, and the light bulb.

Presents the life and achievements of Nikola Tesla, who lived from 1856 through 1943, and is considered by many to be the founding father of modern electrical technology, and who created fluorescent lighting, wireless telegraphy, the giant turbines that utilize Niagara Falls, and more.

Profiles the life and work of Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of the first completely electronic television, and discusses how his inventions changed the world.

Examines the life of Thomas A. Edison, and describes his childhood and education, his laboratories in New Jersey and New York City, his early inventions--which includes the phonograph and the light bulb--and other related topics.

Profiles a man whose childhood interest in experimentation led him to create more than one thousand inventions, including the phonograph, moving pictures, and a storage battery.

A biography that recounts the life of scientist Nikola Tesla who helped develop the technology that harnessed alternating-current electricity.