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100 1 $aSeifer, Marc.
245 10 $aWizard :$bthe life and times of Nikola Tesla : biography of a genius /$cMarc J. Seifer.
260 $aSecaucus, N.J. :$bCarol Pub.,$c[1996], ©1996.
300 $axiv, 542 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, portraits ;$c24 cm
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500 $a"A Birch Lane Press book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 477-485) and index.
520 $aNikola Tesla (1856-1943), credited as the inspiration for radio, robots, and even radar, has been called the patron saint of modern electricity. Based on original material and previously unavailable documents, Wizard is the definitive biography of the man considered by many to be the founding father of modern electrical technology.
520 8 $aWizard reveals the details of Tesla's struggles with competing contemporary inventors such as Edison, Steinmetz, and Marconi and with financial giants such as J. P. Morgan and John Jacob Astor as they were underwriting his laboratory work. (Tesla even worked for the Edison Company for several years.). Wizard brings to the fore an extraordinary man and recreates his life during one of the most exciting and innovative eras in America's history.
520 8 $aThe book is illustrated with 16 pages of photographs and drawings, including the July 20, 1931, Time magazine cover for an issue celebrating the inventor's career.
600 10 $aTesla, Nikola,$d1856-1943.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78086404
650 0 $aElectrical engineers$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102898
650 0 $aInventors$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104575
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