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Wizard : the life and times of Nikola Tesla
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Wizard : the life and times of Nikola Tesla

Author: Marc Seifer
Publisher: Secaucus, N.J. : Carol Pub., 1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), credited as the inspiration for radio, robots, and even radar, has been called the patron saint of modern electricity. Based on original material and previously unavailable documents, Wizard is the definitive biography of the man considered by many to be the founding father of modern electrical technology. Wizard reveals the details of Tesla's struggles with competing contemporary inventors  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: Nikola Tesla
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Marc Seifer
ISBN: 1559723297 9781559723299
OCLC Number: 317811745
Notes: "A Birch Lane Press book."
Description: 542 p. : ill.
Responsibility: Marc Seifer.

Abstract:

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), credited as the inspiration for radio, robots, and even radar, has been called the patron saint of modern electricity. Based on original material and previously unavailable documents, Wizard is the definitive biography of the man considered by many to be the founding father of modern electrical technology. Wizard reveals the details of Tesla's struggles with competing contemporary inventors such as Edison, Steinmetz, and Marconi and with financial giants such as J. P. Morgan and John Jacob Astor as they were underwriting his laboratory work. (Tesla even worked for the Edison Company for several years.). Wizard brings to the fore an extraordinary man and recreates his life during one of the most exciting and innovative eras in America's history. The book is illustrated with 16 pages of photographs and drawings, including the July 20, 1931, Time magazine cover for an issue celebrating the inventor's career.

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