Nikola Tesla and the electrical future /

A new biography of electrical pioneer Nikola Tesla, one of the most enigmatic and influential figures in the history of science. Tesla was a bundle of contradictions - a consummate showman and a private recluse; a man of science addicted to self-promotion; a prolific inventor of technologies that ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morus, Iwan Rhys, 1964-
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: London : Icon Books, 2019
Subjects:
Tesla, Nikola, > 1856-1943.
Electrical engineers > United States > Biography.
Inventors > United States > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Chapter 1. A child of the storm
  • Chapter 2. Electric power
  • Chapter 3. Working electricity
  • Chapter 4. A new world
  • Chapter 5. The wizard of Menlo Park
  • Chapter 6. AC/DC
  • Chapter 7. Building tomorrow
  • Chapter 8. The business of invention
  • Chapter 9. Electrical landscapes
  • Chapter 10. Harnessing nature
  • Chapter 11. The greatest show on Earth
  • Chapter 12. In the ether
  • Chapter 13. The pursuit of power
  • Chapter 14. Other worlds
  • Chapter 15. Wardenclyffe
  • Chapter 16. Inventing the future
  • Chapter 17. Projections
  • Chapter 18. The afterlives of Nikola Tesla.

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