Wizard : the life and times of Nikola Tesla : biography of a genius

Wizard The life and times of Nikola Tesla : biography of a genius

Marc Seifer

Book - 1996

A biography of Nikola Tesla, the founding father of modern electrical technology, based on original material and previously unavailable documents.

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Subjects
Tesla, Nikola, > 1856-1943.
Electrical engineers > Biography.
Inventors > Biography.
Published
Secaucus, N.J. : Carol Pub 1996.
Language
English
Main Author
Marc Seifer (-)
Item Description
"A Birch Lane Press book."
Physical Description
542 pages
ISBN
9780806539966
9781559723299
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1. Heritage
  • 2. Childhood (1856-74)
  • 3. College Years (1875-82)
  • 4. Tesla Meets the Wizard of Menlo Park (1882-85)
  • 5. Liberty Street (1886-88)
  • 6. Induction at Pittsburgh (1889)
  • 7. Bogus Inventors (1889-90)
  • 8. South Fifth Avenue (1890-91)
  • 9. Revising the Past (1891)
  • 10. The Royal Society (1892)
  • 11. Father of the Wireless (1893)
  • 12. Electric Sorcerer (1893)
  • 13. The Filipovs (1894)
  • 14. Niagara Power (1894)
  • 15. Effulgent Glory (1894)
  • 16. Fire at the Lab (1895)
  • 17. Martian Fever (1895-96)
  • 18. High Society (1894-97)
  • 19. Shadowgraphs (1896)
  • 20. Falls Speech (1897)
  • 21. Luminaries (1896-98)
  • 22. Socerer's Apprentice (1896-97)
  • 23. Vril Power (1898)
  • 24. Waldorf-Astoria (1898)
  • 25. Colorado Springs (1890)
  • 26. Contact (1899)
  • 27. Thors Emissary (1899)
  • 28. The Hero's Return (1900)
  • 29. The House of Morgan (1901)
  • 30. World Telegraphy Center (1901)
  • 31. Clash of the Titans (1901)
  • 32. The Passing of the Torch (1902)
  • 33. Wardenclyffe (1902-1903)
  • 34. The Web (1903-1904)
  • 35. Dissolution (1904-1906)
  • 36. The Child of His Dreams (1907-1908)
  • 37. Bladeless Turbines (1909-10)
  • 38. The Hammond Connection (1909-13)
  • 39. J. P. Morgan Jr. (1912-14)
  • 40. Fifth Column (1914-16)
  • 41. The Invisible Audience (1915-21)
  • 42. Transmutation (1918-21)
  • 43. The Roaring Twenties (1918-27)
  • 44. Faster Than the Speed of Light (1927-40)
  • 45. Living on Credit (1925-40)
  • 46. Loose Ends (1931-43)
  • 47. The FBI and the Tesla Papers (1943-56)
  • 48. The Wizard's Legacy
  • Appendix A. The Magnifying Transmitter: A Technical Discussion
  • Appendix B. The Tunguska Incident
  • Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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