Founders #83 · · 5 books
Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, George Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
The book this episode covers
Empires of Light
Jill Jonnes · Reading rank 137 · in 6 other episodes
David says he really enjoyed this book and frames it as a great story worth reading.
Dedicated episode · Explicit praise
Books David recommends along the way
Experimental Researches in Electricity
Michael Faraday · Reading rank 419 · in 1 other episode
David says Edison avidly read all three volumes of Faraday's Experimental Researches in Electricity and uses the book to show how determined experiment and observation made Faraday an immediate hero and model for Edison.
Founder theme
Also mentioned
The Wizard of Menlo Park
Randall E. Stross · Reading rank 132 · in 6 other episodes
Cross-episode reference
Each note is a short paraphrase of why David brings the book up. Book pages show every piece of evidence and its review status. How ranking works