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The biography of Nikola Tesla, known as the father of modern electricity.

Table of Contents

The World Before Electric Power • Childhood • Further Education • Early Setbacks • Flashes of Light • Working in Europe • The Land of Opportunity • Independent Inventions • Work on X-rays • The Tesla Coil • The Tesla Effect • Home from Home • The War of Currents • Radio and Remote Control • Friends and Enemies • Colorado Springs • 'Teslascopic' Vision • Wardenclyffe Tower • Further Developments • Nobel Nominations • The Mad Scientist • War • The Edison Medal • The Last Patent: VTOL Aircraft • An Ever-Questioning Mind • Unfinished Work • Recognition • Tesla's Legacy.

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    A Hardback by Richard Gunderman

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      Publisher Headline Publishing Group
      Published 13 June 2019
      ISBN-13 9780233005768
      978-0233005768
      ISBN-10 0233005765
      Also in:
      Biography Biography: science, technology and medicine Science & Nature History of science

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The biography of Nikola Tesla, known as the father of modern electricity.

      Table of Contents

      The World Before Electric Power • Childhood • Further Education • Early Setbacks • Flashes of Light • Working in Europe • The Land of Opportunity • Independent Inventions • Work on X-rays • The Tesla Coil • The Tesla Effect • Home from Home • The War of Currents • Radio and Remote Control • Friends and Enemies • Colorado Springs • 'Teslascopic' Vision • Wardenclyffe Tower • Further Developments • Nobel Nominations • The Mad Scientist • War • The Edison Medal • The Last Patent: VTOL Aircraft • An Ever-Questioning Mind • Unfinished Work • Recognition • Tesla's Legacy.

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