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Tesla : inventor of the modern / Richard Munson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Munson, Richard, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943.
- Tesla, Nikola.
- Electrical engineers--United States--Biography.
- Electrical engineers.
- United States.
- Inventors--United States--Biography.
- Inventors.
- Electrical engineering--History.
- Electrical engineering.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Nonfiction.
- Physical Description:
- 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Nikola Tesla invented the radio, robots, and remote control. His electric induction motors run our appliances and factories, yet he has been largely overlooked by history. In [this book, the author] presents a comprehensive portrait of this farsighted and underappreciated mastermind"--Amazon.com.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393635447
- 0393635449
- OCLC:
- 1005117986
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