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Called a madman by some, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla was possibly the greatest inventor the world has ever known. He was, without a doubt, a trail blazer who created astonishing, sometimes world-transforming, devices that were virtually without theoretical precedent. It was Tesla who introduced us to the fundamentals of robotry, computers, and missile science and helped pave the way for such space-age technologies as satellites, microwaves, beam weapons, and nuclear fusion. Yet, Tesla still remains one of the least-recognized scientific pioneers in history.
Certainly he was one of the strangest of scientists - almost supernaturally gifted, erratic, flamboyant, and neurotic nearly to the point of madness. A dandy and popular man-about-town, he was admired by men as diverse as George Westinghouse and Mark Twain and adored by scores of society beauties. Yet his bewildering array of compulsions and phobias extended from such mundane subjects as food and clean linen to pearls and women's ears. He was fond of creating violent, neighborhood-threatening electrical storms in his apartment laboratory and once nearly knocked down a tall building by a attaching a mysterious "black box" to its side. ( He claimed he could have destroyed the entire planet with a similar device.) And because he kept so few notes, to this day we can only guess at the details of many of the fantastic scientific projects that occupied this fevered intellect.
Margaret Cheney has written the definitive in-depth biography of this astonishing figure. From Tesla's childhood in Yugoslavia to his death in New York in the 1940's, Cheney both paints a compelling human portrait and chronicles a lifetime of discoveries that radically altered - and continue to alter - the world we live in. Cheney also casts important light on one of the central mysteries associated with Tesla - the whereabouts of the famous "missing scientific papers" that vanished at the time of the inventor's death.

Tesla is a riveting journey into the mind and life of the eccentric wizard who was Edison's enemy, Mark Twain's friend, J.P Morgan's client, and hero and mentor to many of the 20th century's most famous scientists.

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Touchstone
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5 November 2001
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13.97 x 2.54 x 21.43 cm
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0743215362
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978-0743215367
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Discover A dramatic and poignant portrait.

American Scientist Excellent...a significant contribution to the recent history of science...informative and delightful to read.

Publishers Weekly Well documented, sympathetic, and engaging.

Choice Cheney's excellent biography of one of the most idiosyncratic and truly enigmatic "scientists" is both comprehensive and well written...very warmly recommended.

The Sunday Times, London Uncommonly colorful...absorbing.

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Margaret Cheney is a biographer of unusual versatility. In addition to her two major studies of Tesla (most recently Tesla: Master of Lightning, with Robert Uth), she has written Midnight at Mabel's, a biography of the great cabaret singer and song stylist Mabel Mercer. Cheney is also the author of Meanwhile Farm and Why: The Serial Killer in America. She lives in California.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Touchstone; 1st edition (5 November 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0743215362
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0743215367
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 2.54 x 21.43 cm

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John in Adelaide

Great little book

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This is a very informative book about the life and the man Nikola Tesla. It's a great little read. Mine was a hardcover version so that makes it even better, prefer those to paperbacks.

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CMFRIP

Great book. Entertaining as well as informative; well written and documented too.

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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and would recommend to anyone.

The Author has written a great book here, that speaks like someone who has digested and thought about what she has written-well. She observes Tesla's surroundings, as well as some of the more important social happenings in his life (let alone the important and less important developments of his technical life), which is all fascinating.

At times it can come across as the author has created an opinion of the subject or conclusion. This can make it easier to read and entertaining – less dry; but I do think there is plenty of discussion within these cases.

It's also a fascinating place to observe the times of Tesla, and indeed it seemed there was ample upheaval and change within that period; Sometimes connecting up with other large scale developments, to ground the idea with today and now!

What's more, for those who are not casual readers: the author has herself-helpfully recorded the resources that she relied on to compile the book.

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Tim The Enchanter

Tesla - probably our biggest loss

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If only we could know what he was really thinking and planning. What happened to his notes and what could he have achieved if he hadn’t been so horrendously stitched up? Makes me despise money men like J P Morgan more, and Edison? What an awful man

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John M.

Great book if your into the inventions of Nicola Tesla

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 October 2018

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I read it and found it most illuminating.

steveba47

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 December 2017

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A. Chell

Remarkable man - not so remarkable book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 November 2012

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Reading this book was propelled through it by the incredible genius of Nikola Tesla, though in places the book itself was a little 'dry'. It is well-researched and comprehensive, but some of the links the author makes between Tesla's patents and modern devices seem tenuous to me.

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