Kyle Harrison
to-read
Empires of Light
Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
- Author
- Jill Jonnes
- Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 448
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: The AC/DC fight told as three temperaments: Edison’s direct current and public electrocutions, Tesla’s polyphase patents, Westinghouse’s willingness to bet the company on Niagara.
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @WillManidis — an answer when he asked “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” in his thread, June 2025.
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Thomas Edison · Nikola Tesla · Technological Innovation · Energy — where this sits in the corpus.