Tesla: Inventor of the Modern - Softcover
"[A] penetrating biography...Munson makes vivid the genius’s eventful life." ―Barbara Kiser, Nature
Nikola Tesla invented radio, robots, and remote control. His electric induction motors run our appliances and factories. In the early 1900s, he designed plans for cell phones, the Internet, death-ray weapons, and interstellar communication. His ideas have lived on to shape the modern economy, yet he has been largely overlooked by history. In Tesla, Richard Munson presents a comprehensive portrait of this farsighted and underappreciated mastermind. Drawing on letters, technological notebooks, and other primary sources, Munson pieces together the magnificently bizarre personal life and mental habits of the enigmatic inventor whose most famous inventions were the product of a mind fueled by both the humanities and sciences―Tesla conceived the induction motor while walking through a park and reciting Goethe’s Faust. Clear, authoritative, and highly readable, Tesla takes into account all the phases of Tesla’s remarkable life and career.
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Richard Munson is the author of several books, including From Edison to Enron and Cousteau: The Captain and His World. Based in Chicago, Illinois, he directs Environmental Defense Fund’s clean-energy efforts in the Midwest.
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“Tesla’s life was rich in fascinating incident and characters―and, above all, spectacle.... Munson tells the story engagingly.”
- Thomas Morris, Times Literary Supplement
“A detailed and vivid glimpse of the competitive world of electrical innovation at the end of the 19th century.”
- Christopher Priest, Spectator
- Thomas Morris, Times Literary Supplement
“A detailed and vivid glimpse of the competitive world of electrical innovation at the end of the 19th century.”
- Christopher Priest, Spectator
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Nikola Tesla, a Serbian-American, invented the radio, the induction motor, the neon lamp and the remote control. His breakthrough came in alternating current, which pitted him against Thomas Edisons direct current empire and bitter patent battles ensued. But Teslas technology was superior and he prevailed. He had no business sense, could not capitalise on this success and his most advanced ideas were unrecognised for decades. Teslas personal life was magnificently bizarre. Strikingly handsome, he was germophobic and never shook hands. He required nine napkins when he sat down to dinner. In later years he ate only white food and conversed with the pigeons in Bryant Park. This authoritative and highly readable biography takes account of all phases of this remarkable life. Though Teslas inventions transformed our world, his true originality is shown in the visionary ambitions he failed to achieve. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780393358049
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