The Genius of Tesla
Biography (nonfiction) 1,587 words, Level U (Grade 4), Lexile 990L
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Nikola Tesla was a brilliant scientist whose work and inventions had a huge effect on technology. The Genius of Tesla recounts the major events of his life, with a focus on his contributions to the study of electricity and the invention of the radio. Photographs and charts aid in the explanation of scientific phenomena, illustrations and photographs paint his life in concrete vividness, and a timeline accompanies the text.
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