Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World

Version: Unabridged
Author: Dr. Jill Jonnes
Narrator: Dr. Jill Jonnes
Genres: History, Biographies, Science & Technology, Lectures, History, Biography
Publisher: Chautauqua Institution/ The Great Lecture Library
Published In: N/A
Length: 1 hour, 15 minutes
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Overview

Dr. Jill Jonnes is the author and historian of, "Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World," this is also the title to her lecture. Jonnes earned a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University and has received awards from the Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Selected Reviews

Boring

by Don
  • Book Rating: 1/5

Disappointed

by E Beard
  • Book Rating: 1/5

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Reviews (6)

Boring

Written by Don from Chico, CA on August 10th, 2012

  • Book Rating: 1/5

A boring story of how the author decided to write the book, but contains nothing from the book. I was disappointed that the rating selection above didn't offer the option of zero.

Disappointed

Written by E Beard on August 13th, 2010

  • Book Rating: 1/5

I agree with others. The title is misleading, there is little about the subject, it is more about the life of the author. When she really starts to get into interesting information about Empires of light, the time runs out.

Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World

Written by DAS on December 7th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 2/5

If Dr. Jill Jonnes would have spent a little more time talking about her research on the title, and a little less talking about herself, this would have been good. She obviously has the knowledge, but it was at least 25 minutes into the CD before she even began talking about Edison, Tesla, and Westinghouse. Too bad! It was a disappointment. Pick some other bios on these great inventors.

Not what I thought

Written by Sanjay Singhal on October 26th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 2/5

This lecture is more about how Dr. Jonnes came up with the idea for the book and offers very little content from the book itself. She's an interesting lecturer, but I was really looking forward to hearing more about the Edison/Tesla rivalry.

Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World

Written by Hugh Wilson on October 11th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 1/5

Total waste of my time! This is the worst CD I have ever listened to. The author talks about herself most of the time and there is very little about the subjects in the book.

Not about the subject

Written by Michael Felberbaum on February 7th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 3/5

Jill Jonnes is a very pleasant speaker with a great sense of detail and drama. The lecture takes you through her experience of writing this book and the others that preceded it. It ends up being an advertisement for the book, but I was disappointed that I did not learn much about the subject - the history of the electricity industry and the stories of its dominant players.

Selected Reviews

Boring

by Don
  • Book Rating: 1/5

Disappointed

by E Beard
  • Book Rating: 1/5

More...

Read All 6