The Inventions, Researches, and Writings of Nikola Tesla

By Nikola Tesla (Author), Thomas Commerford Martin (Editor)

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The Inventions, Researches, and Writings of Nikola Tesla

by Nikola Tesla, Thomas Commerford Martin
OVERVIEW
Dive into the mind of Nikola Tesla! Written in his own words, this Nikola Tesla book features the lectures, illustrations, and other works that established Tesla as one of history’s great geniuses.
During the early twentieth century, the eccentric and brilliant inventor Nikola Tesla blazed the path that electrical development followed for many years to come. This fascinating illustrated record of Tesla’s pioneering work gathers many of his most famous findings and theories, allowing contemporary readers to experience the amazing range of his thinking. It includes lectures, articles, and discussions—particularly those bearing on polyphase motors and the effects obtained with currents of high potential and high frequency—and gives us a rare glimpse of a genius at work.

A fascinating look at Tesla’s contributions to the history of electricity, including the electric motor that inspired Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors. Filled with Tesla facts and diagrams of his groundbreaking work, this is the perfect book for anyone searching for a Tesla biography focused on his scientific discoveries.
 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

Nikola Tesla was born in Croatia in 1856. He emigrated to the United States in 1884 and worked for a short time for Thomas Edison. A pioneer in the field of high-tension electricity, Tesla made many discoveries and inventions of lasting value to the development of radio transmission and electricity, one of the most famous of which was the power system at Niagara Falls. He died in 1943.

Pub Date: 4/1/2014

ISBN: 9781454910763

Price: $18.99 / $24.99 CAN

Format: Paperback

Pages: 512 pages

Trim: 6 x 9 x 1.37 Inches

Territories: World

Category: Science & Nature

Publisher: Union Square & Co.

Carton Quantity: 20