The Resource Lightning : a Novel
Lightning : a Novel
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The item Lightning : a Novel represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Lightning : a Novel represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Drawn from the life of Nikola Tesla, one of the greatest inventors of his time, Lightning is a captivating tale of one man's curious fascination with the marvels of science. Hailed by the Washington Post as "the most distinctive voice of his generation," Echenoz traces the notable career of Gregor, a precocious young engineer from Eastern Europe, who travels across the Atlantic at the age of twenty-eight to work alongside Thomas Edison, with whom he later holds a long-lasting rivalry. After his discovery of alternating current, Gregor quickly begins to astound the world with his other brilliant
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Lightning : a Novel
- Title
- Lightning
- Title remainder
- a Novel
- Subject
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- Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction
- Edison, Thomas A., (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
- Edison, Thomas A., (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 -- Fiction
- Electrical engineering
- Electrical engineering -- History
- Electrical engineers
- Electrical engineers -- Fiction
- Europeans
- Europeans -- United States -- Fiction
- Fiction
- History
- Eccentrics and eccentricities
- Inventions -- Fiction
- Inventors
- Inventors -- Fiction
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | French
- Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943
- Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943 -- Fiction
- United States
- Inventions
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Drawn from the life of Nikola Tesla, one of the greatest inventors of his time, Lightning is a captivating tale of one man's curious fascination with the marvels of science. Hailed by the Washington Post as "the most distinctive voice of his generation," Echenoz traces the notable career of Gregor, a precocious young engineer from Eastern Europe, who travels across the Atlantic at the age of twenty-eight to work alongside Thomas Edison, with whom he later holds a long-lasting rivalry. After his discovery of alternating current, Gregor quickly begins to astound the world with his other brilliant
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Echenoz, Jean
- Dewey number
- 843/.914
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PQ2665.C5
- LC item number
- D4713 2011eb
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Coverdale, Linda
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Tesla, Nikola
- Edison, Thomas A.
- Electrical engineers
- Inventors
- Eccentrics and eccentricities
- Europeans
- Inventions
- Electrical engineering
- Edison, Thomas A.
- Tesla, Nikola
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Eccentrics and eccentricities
- Electrical engineering
- Electrical engineers
- Europeans
- Inventions
- Inventors
- United States
- Label
- Lightning : a Novel
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 798535304
- Extent
- 1 online resource (145 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781595587527
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- acbf6840-34d0-41b3-ad82-3f76b02e6564
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)798535304
- Label
- Lightning : a Novel
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 798535304
- Extent
- 1 online resource (145 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781595587527
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- acbf6840-34d0-41b3-ad82-3f76b02e6564
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)798535304
Subject
- Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction
- Edison, Thomas A., (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
- Edison, Thomas A., (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 -- Fiction
- Electrical engineering
- Electrical engineering -- History
- Electrical engineers
- Electrical engineers -- Fiction
- Europeans
- Europeans -- United States -- Fiction
- Fiction
- History
- Eccentrics and eccentricities
- Inventions -- Fiction
- Inventors
- Inventors -- Fiction
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | French
- Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943
- Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943 -- Fiction
- United States
- Inventions
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