My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla Contributor(s): Tesla, Nikola (Author) |
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ISBN: 1684222060 ISBN-13: 9781684222063 Publisher: Martino Fine Books OUR PRICE: $3.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
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BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Technology & Engineering | Inventions |
Dewey: 621.309 |
Physical Information: 0.17" H x 6" W x 9" (0.26 lbs) 72 pages |
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Publisher Description: 2018 Reprint of 1919 Edition. Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a prophet of the electronic age. His research laid much of the groundwork for modern electrical and communication systems, and his impressive accomplishments include development of the alternating-current electrical system, radio, the Tesla coil transformer, wireless transmission, and fluorescent lighting. Tesla's research was so groundbreaking that many of his contemporaries failed to understand it, and other scientists are unjustly credited for his innovations. The visionary scientist speaks for himself in this volume, originally published in 1919 as a six-part series in Electrical Experimenter magazine. Tesla recounts his boyhood in Croatia, his schooling and work in Europe, his collaboration with Thomas Edison, and his subsequent research. Written with wit and lan, this memoir offers fascinating insights into one of the great minds of modern science. Chapters include: My Early Life; My First Efforts In Inventions; My Later Endeavors: The Discovery of the Rotating Magnetic Field and The Discovery of the Tesla Coil and Transformer; The Magnifying Transmitter; The Art of Telautomatics. |