One of science\'s great unsung heroes, Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a prophet of the electronic age.
Written with wit and elan, this memoir offers fascinating insights into one of the great minds of modern science..
This edition includes the essay -The Problem of Increasing Human Energy: With Special Reference to the Harnessing of the Sun\'s Energy, - which anticipates latter-day advances in environmental technology.
Tesla recounts his boyhood in Croatia, his schooling and work in Europe, his collaboration with Thomas Edison, and his subsequent research.
The visionary scientist speaks for himself in this volume, originally published in 1919 as a six-part series in Electrical Experimenter magazine.
Yet his name and work are only dimly recognized today: Tesla\'s research was so groundbreaking that many of his contemporaries failed to understand it, and Other scientists are unjustly credited for his innovations.
His research laid much of the groundwork for modern electrical and communication systems, and his impressive accomplishments include development of the alternating-current electrical system, radio, the Tesla coil transformer, wireless transmission, and fluorescent lighting.
One of science\'s great unsung heroes, Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a prophet of the electronic age
