Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age

by W. Bernard Carlson

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Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of modern AC electricity, and contributed to the development of radio and television. Like his competitor Thomas Edison, Tesla was one of America's first celebrity scientists, enjoying the company of New York high society and dazzling the likes of Mark Twain with his electrical demonstrations. An astute self-promoter and gifted showman, he cultivated a public image of the eccentric genius. Even at the end of his life when he...Read more
  • ISBN10 0691165610
  • ISBN13 9780691165615
  • Publish Date 27 April 2015 (first published 1 January 2013)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Princeton University Press