The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla (The Lost Science Series)
by Nikola Tesla
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Read in January, 2008
Aren't there any good books written about Nikola Tesla?? This is the second one I've read, and both have been below par. "Fantastic Inventions" has entire chapters consisting of Tesla's patent drawings, none of which I can understand, being that I know nothing about how electricity works. But even if I did, there are no explanations accompanying the drawings, so what good are they? Other chapters seem to be lectures or articles he wrote. The Appendix is a partial transcri...more
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Read in December, 2007
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I became interested in Tesla while reading Against the Day recommends it for: everyone
This book is amazing. Tesla, the original mad scientist, is depicted through his lectures, newspaper articles and other accounts. He was the creator of AC (alternating currents) elecricity which we still use today. Electromagnetics, Earth as a huge capacitor, death rays, UFOs, it's all here. It borders on metafiction in its accounts of his later experiments and modern mysterious phenomena. Part of a series, I definitely plan to read more.
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Read in July, 1994
There are likely far better books on the subject of Nikola Tesla but this is the one that I initially received during my late middle school/early high school time that made me enraptured with this particular scientist. He was one of the first people working on what we now take for granted, wireless technology. Deeply subversive, shrouded in a certain amount of myth and mystery for being a real scientist with hundreds of patents.
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This is a very hard Read But for the things that Make Sense Its Worth it. I dont know anything about Science But i really did enjoy this book. Tesla RULES!
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Read in March, 2008
Very informative, but not interesting reading.
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