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Wizard: the life and times of nikola tesla

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Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius

"The story of one of the most prolific, independent, and iconoclastic inventors of this century . . . fascinating."--Scientific American Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), credited as the inspiration for radio, robots, and even radar, has been called the patron saint of modern electricity. Based on original material and previously unavailable documents, this acclaimed book is the definitive biography of the man considered by many to be the founding father of modern electrical technology. Among Tesla's creations were the channeling of alternating current, fluorescent and neon lighting, wireless telegraphy, and the giant turbines that harnessed the power of Niagara Falls. This essential biography is illustrated with sixteen pages of photographs, including the July 20, 1931, Time magazine cover for an issue celebrating the inventor's career. "Wizard is a truly remarkable biography of a remarkable man. The expression 'ahead of

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Wizard

"Seifer's levande, revelatory, exhaustively researched biography rescues pionjär inventor Nikola Tesla from cult ställning eller tillstånd and restores him to his rightful place as a principal architect of the modern age." ---Publishers Weekly Starred Review

"[Wizard] brings the many complex facets of [Tesla's] anställda and technical life tillsammans in to a cohesive whole.... inom highly recommend this biography of a great technologist." --A.A. Mullin, U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command, COMPUTING REVIEWS

"[Along with A Beautiful Mind] one of the fem best biographies written on the brilliantly disturbed." --WALL STREET JOURNAL

"Wizard fryst vatten a compelling tale presenting a teeming, vivid world of science, technology, culture and human lives." --NEW SCIENTIST

"Marc Seifer fryst vatten an excellent writer and scholar, who has produced a wonderfully readable and illuminating biography of one of the most intriguing men of this century... mak[ing] us understand not only the man, but also the times
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Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla
Book by Marc Seifer
Wizard, the Life and Times of Nikola Tesla
Author Marc Seifer
Language English
Publisher Citadel Press
Publication date
1998
ISBN 978-1-55972-329-9
The book Wizard, the Life and Times of Nikola Tesla is a biography of Nikola Tesla by Marc J. Seifer published in 1996.
Contents
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Seifer follows the life of Nikola Tesla, the Serbian Americanelectrical and mechanical engineer. He covers the high points of Tesla's life through his designs used in the modern alternating current system, experimentation with high frequency current and wireless power transmission, wirelessremote control, X-ray imaging, and Tesla's "death ray". Seifer goes on to cover Tesla's downfall, attributing it to Tesla's megalomaniacal, neurotic, self-destructive tendencies, and Tesla's interactions with financier J. Pierpont Morgan.^[1]
Seifer based his book largely on primary sourced documents in

Wizard, the Life and Times of Nikola Tesla
Author	Marc Seifer
Language	English
Publisher	Citadel Press
Publication date	1998
ISBN	978-1-55972-329-9