Contents

Contents : an electricity timeline -- where does electricity come from -- introduction -- if the lights went out -- light and heat -- tingles and sparks -- motors and movement -- thunder and lightning -- the storage so far -- putting electricity to work -- power to the people -- sound and vision -- fossil-fuel power -- going green -- save the planet -- glossary -- index -- top discoverers of electricity (Alessandro Volta -- Michael Faraday -- James Clerk Maxwell) -- the future of electricity -- did you know.