Simon: Dark Light
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Beginning with the invention of the telegraph, and continuing to the discovery of X-rays and the sometimes lethal effects of X-rays, we get glimpses of personalities who contributed to the discovery and development of electricity. | Beginning with the invention of the telegraph, and continuing to the discovery of X-rays and the sometimes lethal effects of X-rays, we get glimpses of personalities who contributed to the discovery and development of electricity. | ||
| - | Some of the people discussed | + | Some of the people discussed are household names, e.g., Thomas Alva Edison & Marie Curie; others, who may be just as interesting but less well known, are the subject of Ms. Simon's in-depth and rather quirky look into not only electricity, but the phenomenon of public reaction to it. |
If Thomas Edison is one of your heroes, you might change your mind about him as a person as you read this work. I certainly did. | If Thomas Edison is one of your heroes, you might change your mind about him as a person as you read this work. I certainly did. | ||
