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Author : James O'Neill
Publisher : Book Tree
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07
Category : Electrical engineers
ISBN : 9781585093083
Reprint. Originally published: New York: Ives Washburn, 1944.
Author : John J. O'Neill
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781602067431
This highly detailed work captures Tesla as a scientist and as a public figure. The first, original full-length biography, first published in 1944 and long a favorite of Tesla fans, is a definitive biography of the man without whom modern civilization would not exist. His inventions on rotating magnetic fields creating AC current as we know it today, have changed the worldyet he is relatively unknown. This special edition of ONeills classic book has many rare photographs of Tesla and his most advanced inventions. Teslas eccentric personality gives his life story a strange romantic quality. He made his first million before he was forty, yet gave up his royalties in a gesture of friendship, and died almost in poverty. Tesla could see an invention in 3-D, from every angle, within his mind, before it was built how he refused to accept the Nobel Prize why Tesla clung to his theories of electricity in the face of opposition his friendships with Mark Twain, George Westinghouse and competition with Thomas Edison In this penetrating study of the life and inventions of a scientific superman, Nikola Tesla is revealed as a figure of genius whose influence on the world reaches into the far future.
Author : Noel Bertram Gerson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Novelists, French
ISBN : UOM:39015004891126
Author : Christopher Cooper
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780760363706
A myth-busting biography of Nikola Tesla, the “enigmatic figure whose life and achievements appeal to historians, engineers, scientists, and many others” (Library Journal). Nikola Tesla, one of the greatest electrical inventors who ever lived, was rescued from obscurity in recent years, restored to his rightful place among historical luminaries. We’ve been told that his contributions to humanity were obscured by a number of nineteenth-century inventors and industrialists who took credit for his work or stole his patents outright. Most biographies repeat this familiar account of Tesla’s life, including his invention of alternating current, his falling out with Thomas Edison, how he lost billions in patent royalties to George Westinghouse, and his fight to prove that Guglielmo Marconi stole thirteen of his patents to “invent” radio. But what really happened? Newly uncovered information, however, proves that the popular account of Tesla’s life is itself very flawed. In The Truth About Tesla, Christopher Cooper sets out to prove that the conventional story not only oversimplifies history, it denies credit to some of the true inventors behind many of the groundbreaking technologies now attributed to Tesla, and perpetuates a misunderstanding about the process of innovation itself. Are you positive that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone? Are you sure the Wright Brothers were the first in flight? Think again! With a provocative foreword by Tesla biographer Marc J. Seifer, The Truth About Tesla is one of the first books to set the record straight, tracing the origin of some of the greatest electrical inventions to a coterie of colorful characters that conventional history has all but forgotten. Includes photographs
Author : Margaret Storm
Publisher : Health Research Books
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1996-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0787308498
1959 This volume, a biography of that great personality, Nikola Tesla, reveals much of the danger, mystery, conspiracy, & intrigue that reached into the highest places of government & the guarded inner sancta of big industry. the author says, "Another d.
Author : W. Bernard Carlson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780691165615
Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of modern AC electricity, and contributed to the development of radio and television. Like his competitor Thomas Edison, Tesla was one of America's first celebrity scientists, enjoying the company of New York high society and dazzling the likes of Mark Twain with his electrical demonstrations. An astute self-promoter and gifted showman, he cultivated a public image of the eccentric genius. Even at the end of his life when he was living in poverty, Tesla still attracted reporters to his annual birthday interview, regaling them with claims that he had invented a particle-beam weapon capable of bringing down enemy aircraft. Plenty of biographies glamorize Tesla and his eccentricities, but until now none has carefully examined what, how, and why he invented. In this groundbreaking book, W. Bernard Carlson demystifies the legendary inventor, placing him within the cultural and technological context of his time, and focusing on his inventions themselves as well as the creation and maintenance of his celebrity. Drawing on original documents from Tesla's private and public life, Carlson shows how he was an "idealist" inventor who sought the perfect experimental realization of a great idea or principle, and who skillfully sold his inventions to the public through mythmaking and illusion. This major biography sheds new light on Tesla's visionary approach to invention and the business strategies behind his most important technological breakthroughs.
Author : John Joseph O'Neill
Publisher : New York, I. Washburn [1944]
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Biography
ISBN : UOM:39015013060820
This was the first full-length biography written on the genius inventor, Nikola Tesla. The author was a Pulitzer Prize-winner and personal friend of Tesla, who once said the author understood him better than any man alive. It is reflected well in this highly detailed work. Much of the information in this book was personal and important, but might otherwise not have been known had O'Neill not documented it. The immense genius of Tesla resulted from a mind that could see an invention in 3-D, from every angle, within his mind before it was easily built. His dimensions and part sizes were always perfect. He never tested parts; they always worked. Most of his inventions were electrical in nature, with dozens of his patents now being used around the world. Much is revealed on Tesla's eccentric personality, his competition with Thomas Edison, and how he made his first million before the age of forty. Money was not important to him, however, nor was The Nobel Prize, which he refused to accept. It was always the science that came first. Due to the author's friendship with him, we are allowed an up close and intimate view into the mind of this genius inventor.
Author : Erwin Raphael McManus
Publisher : Convergent Books
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780593137383
A groundbreaking manifesto decoding the phenomenon of genius through the life of Jesus of Nazareth, revealing the untapped potential within every human being—from the bestselling author of The Artisan Soul, The Last Arrow, and The Way of the Warrior. “IF ALL GENIUS IS TOUCHED BY MADNESS, THEN IT IS ALSO TOUCHED BY THE DIVINE.” In every realm of our existence—art, science, technology, mathematics—we are captivated by stories of genius. Geniuses violate the status quo, destabilize conventional ways of thinking, and ultimately disrupt history by making us see the world differently. Genius is that rare expression of human capacity that seems to touch the divine. Jesus of Nazareth is undeniably one of the most influential figures ever to have walked the face of the earth. Yet his life as a work of genius has yet to be excavated and explored. In The Genius of Jesus, Erwin Raphael McManus examines the person of Jesus not simply through the lens of his divinity, but as a man who radically changed the possibility of what it means to be human. Drawing on the phenomenon of genius and the phenomenon of Jesus, McManus leads us to see this momentous figure in a new and life-altering way. Genius always leaves clues, and The Genius of Jesus follows those clues so that you can discover your own personal genius. McManus dives into the nuances of Jesus’s words and actions, showing how they can not only inspire us but revolutionize how we think about power, empathy, meaning, beauty, and truth. This work is for anyone who seeks to transform their life from the mundane to the transcendent—for anyone who longs to awaken the genius within. The Genius of Jesus is a thought-provoking exploration of the most controversial and influential figure who ever lived, and a guide for you to discover how his genius can live in you.
Author : Daniel Blair Stewart
Publisher : Frog Books
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1999-07-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781883319915
Toward the end of the nineteenth century dawned an age, all but forgotten. It was an era of immense flying machines, tall buildings, electric wires and telegraph cables. Miracles of science astonished the masses of Europe and the United States daily. Thomas Edison arose to prominence on an empire of stolen patents. He epitomized the spirit of the industrial age. Suddenly Edison faced a mysterious rival, the enigmatic genius Nikola Tesla. This Serbian inventor tackled the problem of generating and utilizing alternating current, making Edison's direct current monopoly obsolete. He went on to invent radio before Marconi, develop X-rays and telephonics, and contributed fluorescent and neon lighting, microwave technology and wireless systems for the generation and transmission of current anywhere in the world for free. His experiments in his Colorado Springs laboratory led to the building of towering Tesla coils, for the generation of artificial lightning, to be harnessed by his technologies. He built Wardenclyffe Tower to power the world on limitless energy and faced sudden financial ruin in 1905 when investor J. P. Morgan withdrew his financial support while claiming exclusive rights to the inventor's works. Tesla: The Modern Sorcerer is an epic tale of the early age of technology, the climax of the industrial revolution. It is also a fascinating study of one of history's most prodigal geniuses.
Author : Thomas Valone
Publisher : Adventures Unlimited Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1931882045
Presents the compelling argument for Tesla's most ambitious project, the wireless transmission of power. A possible solution to the world power crisis.
Author : John J. O'Neill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:59093618
Author : Inez Hunt,Wanetta W. Draper
Publisher : Pikes Peak Library District
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Colorado Springs (Colo.).
ISBN : 1567352790
In 1899, Nikola Tesla, a brilliant man who was instrumental in developing the electrical empire that shapes our world of today, lived and conducted research in Colorado Springs. Tesla came to the Pikes Peak region to conduct different experiments, primarily to fi nd a way to transmit electrical power without the use of wires. The high, dry climate was ideal for his work. The tale of this exceptional scientist and unusual man comes to life in Inez Hunt and Wanetta Draper¿s book Lightning In His Hand: The Life Story of Nikola Tesla. The story by Hunt and Draper will appeal not only to readers interested in the growth of electrical power in the 19th and early 20th century, but for the study of an eccentric, visionary scientist who found Colorado Springs a perfect lab for his experiments.- Richard MaroldColorado Springs public speaker, writer,and portrayer of Winfi eld Scott Stratton,Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Nikola Tesla
Author : John Joseph O'Neill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Electrical engineering
ISBN : LCCN:44009033
Author : James Gleick
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781453210437
New York Times Bestseller: This life story of the quirky physicist is “a thorough and masterful portrait of one of the great minds of the century” (The New York Review of Books). Raised in Depression-era Rockaway Beach, physicist Richard Feynman was irreverent, eccentric, and childishly enthusiastic—a new kind of scientist in a field that was in its infancy. His quick mastery of quantum mechanics earned him a place at Los Alamos working on the Manhattan Project under J. Robert Oppenheimer, where the giddy young man held his own among the nation’s greatest minds. There, Feynman turned theory into practice, culminating in the Trinity test, on July 16, 1945, when the Atomic Age was born. He was only twenty-seven. And he was just getting started. In this sweeping biography, James Gleick captures the forceful personality of a great man, integrating Feynman’s work and life in a way that is accessible to laymen and fascinating for the scientists who follow in his footsteps.
Author : Zahid Ameer
Publisher : Zahid Ameer
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-07
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The Codex Leicester is a collection of scientific and philosophical writings by Leonardo da Vinci. It is one of the most important and valuable manuscripts in the world, and it is considered to be a masterpiece of Renaissance art and science. The Codex Leicester was written between 1508 and 1510, and it contains Leonardo's observations and thoughts on a wide range of topics, including water, air, earth, and fire. The Codex Leicester is also known as the Codex Hammer, after one of its previous owners, the British industrialist Armand Hammer. In 1994, Bill Gates purchased the Codex Leicester for $30.8 million, making it the most expensive manuscript ever sold at auction. The Codex Leicester is a fascinating and complex work, and it has been studied by scholars for centuries. It is a testament to Leonardo's genius and his wide-ranging interests. The Codex Leicester also provides us with a unique glimpse into the mind of one of the greatest thinkers of all time. In this eBook, we will explore the Codex Leicester in detail. We will examine Leonardo's scientific observations and his philosophical insights. We will also discuss the artistic and historical significance of the Codex Leicester. Whether you are a scholar, an artist, or simply someone who is interested in learning more about Leonardo da Vinci, this eBook is for you. We hope that you will join us on this journey as we explore the Codex Leicester, the world's most expensive manuscript.