Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical AgeThe definitive account of Tesla's life and work |
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User Review - DanielSTJ - LibraryThingThis was a great biography of the famed inventor. All the little anecdotes, mixed with the important details of his life, were here and made me wonder and think about both Tesla and his creations ... Read full review
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User Review - rivkat - LibraryThingBiography of Tesla that attempts to chart a middle path between treating him as a crank and treating him as the inventor of everything modern whose contributions were ignored/suppressed. Carlson ... Read full review
Contents
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Dreaming of Motors 18781882 | 34 |
Learning by Doing 18821886 | 60 |
Mastering Alternating Current 18861888 | 76 |
Selling the Motor 18881889 | 100 |
Searching for a New Ideal 18891891 | 117 |
A Veritable Magician 1891 | 129 |
Looking for Alternatives 18951898 | 214 |
Stationary Waves 18991900 | 262 |
Wardenclyffe 19001901 | 302 |
The Dark Tower 19011905 | 331 |
Visionary to the End 19051943 | 368 |
EPILOGUE | 396 |
Note on Sources | 415 |
Abbreviations and Sources | 421 |