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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7672251 Title: Tesla, man out of time Author: Margaret Cheney Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1981. ISBN/ISSN: 0139068597 9780139068591 OCLC:7672251

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Tesla, man out of time

Author:	Margaret Cheney
Publisher:	Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1981.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	POSSIBLY THE GREATEST INVENTOR THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN, TESLA HARNESSED THE ALTERNATING ELECTRICAL CURRENT WE USE TODAY, INVENTED FLUORESCENT LIGHTING, THE BLADELESS TURBINE, AND INTRODUCED THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ROBOTRY, COMPUTERS AND MISSILE SCIENCE AND HELPED PAVE THE WAY FOR SUCH SPACE AGE TECHNOLOGIES AS SATELLITES MICROVAVE BEAM WEAPONS AND NUCLEAR FUSION.
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Subjects	Tesla, Nikola, -- 1856-1943. Electrical engineers -- United States -- Biography. Inventors -- United States -- Biography. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Biography
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Cheney, Margaret. Tesla, man out of time. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1981 (OCoLC)756466254
Named Person:	Nikola Tesla; Nikola Tesla
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Margaret Cheney Find more information about:
ISBN:	0139068597 9780139068591
OCLC Number:	7672251
Description:	xvi, 320 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Responsibility:	Margaret Cheney.

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POSSIBLY THE GREATEST INVENTOR THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN, TESLA HARNESSED THE ALTERNATING ELECTRICAL CURRENT WE USE TODAY, INVENTED FLUORESCENT LIGHTING, THE BLADELESS TURBINE, AND INTRODUCED THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ROBOTRY, COMPUTERS AND MISSILE SCIENCE AND HELPED PAVE THE WAY FOR SUCH SPACE AGE TECHNOLOGIES AS SATELLITES MICROVAVE BEAM WEAPONS AND NUCLEAR FUSION.

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