Editing Charles Proteus Steinmetz (section)

==In popular culture==
Steinmetz is featured in [[John Dos Passos]]'s ''[[U.S.A. (trilogy)|U.S.A.]]'' trilogy in one of the biographies.<ref>The 42nd Parallel, p. 335.</ref><ref name="Berg">{{cite web |last1=Berg |first1=Kirsten |title=The Fine Line between Poetry and Mathematics |url=https://www.powells.com/post/rare-books/the-fine-line-between-poetry-and-mathematics |website=Powell's Books |access-date=2022-12-08 |date=October 1, 2008}}</ref>  He also serves as a major character in Starling Lawrence's ''The Lightning Keeper''.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/13/books/13star.html | work=The New York Times | title=Starling Lawrence Writes a Novel About the Early Days of G.E | first=Dinitia | last=Smith | date=May 13, 2006}}</ref>

Steinmetz is a major character in the novel ''Electric City'' by [[Elizabeth Rosner]].

In the 1944 [[Three Stooges]] short "Busy Buddies", [[Moe Howard]] references Steinmetz.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://threestooges.net/transcripts/viewTranscript/89|date=October 1, 2008
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Steinmetz was portrayed in 1959 by the actor [[Rod Steiger]] in the [[CBS television]] [[anthology series]], ''[[The Joseph Cotten Show (TV series)|The Joseph Cotten Show]]''. The episode focused on his socialist activities in Germany.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

A famous anecdote about Steinmetz concerns a troubleshooting consultation at Henry Ford's [[River Rouge Plant]]. A humorous aspect of the story is the "itemized bill" he submitted for the work performed.<ref name="King"/>