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Genre/Form: | Biography Nonfiction Biographies History |
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Named Person: | Nikola Tesla; Nikola Tesla; Nikola Tesla |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Munson |
ISBN: | 9780393635447 0393635449 |
OCLC Number: | 1005117986 |
Description: | 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Introduction: Everywhere is energy -- Born between today and tomorrow -- A glorious dream -- Reverberation of Heaven's artillery -- A whirling field of force -- As revolutionary as gunpowder was to warfare -- Order of the flaming sword -- Divine organ of sight -- Earthquakes and friends -- Fire and robots -- Like a god controlling nature's power -- Sheer audacity -- Too much of a poet and visionary -- So far ahead of his time -- Epilogue: Boldness of ignorance -- Appendix: The marvel of electricity. |
Responsibility: | Richard Munson. |
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"Munson makes vivid the genius's eventful life, from his mother's inspirational labour-saving inventions to his psychological complexity - and his estimable belief that "technology should transcend the marketplace"." -- Nature "Munson tells the story engagingly. He manages to explain the important concepts and technical details clearly while keeping extraneous detail to a minimum." -- Times Literary Supplement "Richard Munson's Tesla: Inventor of the Modern gives us a detailed and vivid glimpse of the competitive world of electrical innovation at the end of the 19th century, and emphasises the duality of his subject... most interesting and often amusing book..." -- The Spectator "... a superbly researched, entertaining and often saddening study of a man who gave the world so much yet took so little... It can only be hoped that Munson's excellent insight will finally reveal the truth behind this marvellous maverick to the world." -- All About History Read more...


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