An edition of Tesla: Man Out of Time (1981)

Tesla, man out of time

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An edition of Tesla: Man Out of Time (1981)

Tesla, man out of time

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In this “informative and delightful” (American Scientist) biography, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of Nikola Tesla, one of the twentieth century’s greatest scientists and inventors.

In Tesla: Man Out of Time, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest scientists and inventors. Called a madman by his enemies, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla was, without a doubt, a trailblazing inventor who created astonishing, sometimes world-transforming devices that were virtually without theoretical precedent. Tesla not only discovered the rotating magnetic field -- the basis of most alternating-current machinery -- but also introduced us to the fundamentals of robotics, computers, and missile science. Almost supernaturally gifted, unfailingly flamboyant and neurotic, Tesla was troubled by an array of compulsions and phobias and was fond of extravagant, visionary experimentations. He was also a popular man-about-town, admired by men as diverse as Mark Twain and George Westinghouse, and adored by scores of society beauties.
From Tesla's childhood in Yugoslavia to his death in New York in the 1940s, Cheney paints a compelling human portrait and chronicles a lifetime of discoveries that radically altered -- and continue to alter -- the world in which we live. Tesla: Man Out of Time is an in-depth look at the seminal accomplishments of a scientific wizard and a thoughtful examination of the obsessions and eccentricities of the man behind the science.

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Tesla: Man Out of Time
October 2, 2001, Touchstone
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Tesla: Man Out of Time
December 1989, Dorset Press
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Tesla, man out of time
1983, Barnes & Nobles Books
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Tesla: Man Out of Time
1981, Dell Publishing Co.
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Tesla
Publish date unknown, Prentice Hall
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-292) and index.

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New York

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Pagination
xvi, 320 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Number of pages
320

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OL22130818M
Internet Archive
teslamanouttime00chen_360
ISBN 10
0880294191
OCLC/WorldCat
748501350
Library Thing
132450
Goodreads
956515

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