AC/DC : (Record no. 64028)
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| fixed length control field | 01580nam a22001937a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 200205b2006 ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780787982676 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 621.3191 McN-T |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | McNichol. Tom |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | AC/DC : |
| Remainder of title | the savage tale of the first standards war / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Tom McNichol |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | San Francisco |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Jossey-Bass |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2006 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 198 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | INR |
| Price amount | 1149.00. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | AC/DC tells the little-known story of how Thomas Edison wrongly bet in the fierce war between supporters of alternating current and direct current. The savagery of this electrical battle can hardly be imagined today. The showdown between AC and DC began as a rather straightforward conflict between technical standards, a battle of competing methods to deliver essentially the same product, electricity. But the skirmish soon metastasized into something bigger and darker. In the AC/DC battle, the worst aspects of human nature somehow got caught up in the wires; a silent, deadly flow of arrogance, vanity, and cruelty. Following the path of least resistance, the war of currents soon settled around that most primal of human emotions: fear. AC/DC serves as an object lesson in bad business strategy and poor decision making. Edison's inability to see his mistake was a key factor in his loss of control over the A"operating systemA" for his future inventionsA-not to mention the company he founded, General Electric. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Electric currents, Alternating |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Electric currents, Direct |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Electricity |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Electricity--Standards |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Total Renewals | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public note |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | 621 | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | General Stack (For lending) | 05/02/2020 | 1149.00 | 1 | 5 | 621.3191 McN-T | 40202 | 13/07/2024 | 10/02/2020 | 05/02/2020 | Books | Project RCI-DRDO : Harish Dixit. |