TY  - BOOK
AU  - Munson, Richard,
TI  - Tesla: inventor of the modern 
SN  - 9780393358049 (paperback)
AV  - TK140.T4 M86 2018
U1  - 621.3092B 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - New York : 
PB  - W.W. Norton & Company
KW  - Tesla, Nikola,
KW  - Electrical engineers
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Inventors
KW  - Electrical engineering
KW  - History
KW  - Biographies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-290) and index; Introduction: Everywhere is energy -- Born between today and tomorrow -- A glorious dream -- Reverberation of Heaven's artillery -- A whirling field of force -- As revolutionary as gunpowder was to warfare -- Order of the flaming sword -- Divine organ of sight -- Earthquakes and friends -- Fire and robots -- Like a god controlling nature's power -- Sheer audacity -- Too much of a poet and visionary -- So far ahead of his time -- Epilogue: Boldness of ignorance -- Appendix: The marvel of electricity
N2  - Nikola Tesla, a Serbian-American, invented the radio, the induction motor, the neon lamp and the remote control. His breakthrough came in alternating current, which pitted him against Thomas Edison's direct current empire and bitter patent battles ensued. But Tesla's technology was superior and he prevailed. He had no business sense, could not capitalise on this success and his most advanced ideas were unrecognised for decades
ER  -