The man who invented the Twentieth Century: Nikola Tesla, forgotten genius of electricity - Hardcover

Lomas, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0747275882 ISBN 13: 9780747275886

Publisher: Headline Book Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

Nikola Tesla was responsible for many electrical inventions, but is largely unheard of. Using Tesla's own writings, court transcripts and FBI files, this book pieces together the true extent of Tesla's scientific genius and tells the tale of how his name came to be so widely forgotten.

About this title

From the Author:

This book has been released in Kindle format. Look for it in the Kindle Store

The Kindle addition has a new extended plate section, which would have been too big to fit in the paper version.

Review:

Engineering and Technology Magazine said:

"This book is fun, which is not something one often says about engineering books...Tesla is most widely known for the magnetic unit that bears his name, but sadly little else. This book is a thoroughly entertaining way of correcting that injustice, a must for engineers, especially electrical ones."

Angus Clarke, Times Metro Magazine:

"Nikola Tesla... laid the groundwork for many things we take for granted today including alternating current, radio, fax and e-mail. ...Tesla combined genius with gaping character flaws and an uncanny ability to be ripped off by everyone. This is scientific popularisation at its most readable."

About this edition

• Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0747275882
• ISBN 13: 9780747275886
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256