Prodigal Genius: The Extraordinary Life of Nikola Tesla - Softcover

O'Neill, John J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1503333019 ISBN 13: 9781503333017

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Before the turn of the 20th century, electricity remained a mere scientific curiosity. Nikola Tesla, arguably more than anyone else, changed that. But Tesla’s pioneering research in electricity represents only a portion of the scientific and technical innovations that elevated him to science godhood.

Prodigal Genius, The Extraordinary Life of Nikola Tesla covers, among other topics, the story of Tesla’s inspiration for his career in engineering, shows his theories of electricity that went against the scientific establishment, explores his friendships, investigates the story of the lost Nobel Prize, and, dig into Tesla’s own views of the paranormal.

Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author John J. O’Neill, Prodigal Genius, The Extraordinary Life of Nikola Tesla details the life of one the greatest geniuses of our time.

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About the Author:

Tesla, pioneer of electrical engineering, was a close friend of Pulitzer Prize-winning author O'Neill, JOHN JOSEPH O'NEILL (b. 1889- d. 1955)) also wrote Engineering the New Age and You and the Universe: What Science Reveals.

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Even the gods of old, in the wildest imaginings of their worshipers, never undertook such gigantic tasks of world-wide dimension as those which Tesla attempted and accomplished. – —from Chapter One, Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1503333019
• ISBN 13: 9781503333017
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322