Jill Jonnes: 6 books

Book cover of Urban Forests

Urban Forests

A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape

by Jill Jonnes
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016

**“Far-ranging and deeply researched, Urban Forests reveals the beauty and significance of the trees around us.” *—*Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction “Jonnes extols the many contributions that trees make to city life and celebrates the men and...
Book cover of Empires of Light

Empires of Light

Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World

by Jill Jonnes
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2003

In the final decades of the nineteenth century, three brilliant and visionary titans of America’s Gilded Age—Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse—battled bitterly as each vied to create a vast and powerful electrical empire. In Empires of Light, historian Jill Jonnes portrays...
Book cover of Eiffel's Tower

Eiffel's Tower

The Thrilling Story Behind Paris's Beloved Monument and the Extraordinary World's Fair That Introduced It

by Jill Jonnes
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2009

The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary world’s fair that introduced it, by the author of Conquering Gotham and Urban Forests In this first general history of the Eiffel Tower in English, Jill Jonnes-acclaimed author of Conquering Gotham-offers an eye- opening look not...
Book cover of Conquering Gotham

Conquering Gotham

Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels

by Jill Jonnes
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2007

“Superb. [A] first-rate narrative” (The Wall Street Journal) about the controversial construction of New York’s beloved original Penn Station and its tunnels, from the author of Eiffel's Tower and Urban Forests As bestselling books like Ron Chernow's Titan and David McCullough's The Great...
Book cover of Eiffel's Tower for Young People
by Jill Jonnes, Rebecca Stefoff
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2019

Eiffel's Tower for Young People is a vivid, lively pageant of people and cultures meeting—and competing—on the world stage at the dawn of the modern era. The 1889 World's Fair was a worldwide event showcasing the cutting-edge cultural and technological accomplishments of the world's most...
Book cover of 光之帝國:愛迪生、特斯拉、西屋的電流大戰
by 吉兒.瓊斯(Jill Jonnes)
Language: Chinese
Release Date: December 21, 2017

3個天才,覬覦1個目標 ——控制電權,建立帝國 這是一段成為商戰教材的真實歷史,一場技術、智力與財力的生死競賽 細數引人入勝的科技發明,還有陰謀、金錢、死亡 ◆比小說還精采的科技發明史 愛迪生,美國最有名也最受愛戴的發明家,白熾燈泡的發明者,世界上第一個策劃直流電網的人。 「塞爾維亞巫師」特斯拉,性格優雅古怪的他發明了交流電和許多了不起的發明,是劃時代的革命者。 匹茲堡企業家西屋,不屈不撓的理想主義者,全心全意打造由電力驅動的理想世界。 愛迪生歷經千辛萬苦鞏固直流電技術,而特斯拉和西屋結盟,用交流電與愛迪生抗衡,因而引發美國企業發展史上最獨特的一場恩怨——電流大戰。首場戰役在華爾街爆發,並接連在死刑室、芝加哥世界博覽會、尼加拉瓜瀑布與媒體輿論上,打了多場你死我活的生存戰。 歷史學家吉兒.瓊斯以生花妙筆描述這非凡「三重奏」的發明熱情與無盡野心,還有引人入勝、殘酷無情的尖端科技世界,那些關於發明、陰謀、金錢、死亡,還有華爾街貪婪富豪們的故事。一部扣人心弦的電力發展史。 【好評推薦】 豐富精采的軼事,細節描述迷人。 ——華盛頓郵報 吉兒.瓊斯說了一個關於競爭熱忱的故事,從三個特立獨行者的人生記錄美國進步的重要階段。 ——華爾街日報 娛樂與知識兼具……生動描述個人野心與敵意如何在電流大戰中刺激科學與商業的交流。 ——洛杉磯時報 這十年來最有趣的科學與商業冒險故事。先講述早期發現的電的特性,然後將讀者拉入世紀之交的真實歷史裡,充滿了糾結、轉折、諷刺之事、卑鄙行為、突破性發展、挑戰、成就、悲劇與凱旋曲。 ——休士頓紀事報 魅力十足,知識性高,講述三個生產與配置電力發明家的開拓性貢獻,沒有他們,就沒有我們今天的生活。 ——The...
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