HSPLS site
Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
My Account
Databases
HI Newspaper
eBooks/Audiobooks
Learning
PC Reservation
Reading Program
Basic
Advanced
Power
History
Search:
Title Browse
Author Browse
Subject Browse
Best Seller Browse
Music Title Browse
Video/DVD Title Browse
Journal/Newspaper Title Browse
Serial Title Browse
Series Browse (includes Bestseller List)
General Keyword
Title Keyword
Author Keyword
Subject Keyword
Name Keyword
Series Keyword
Score Title Browse
Talking Book Title Browse
Awards Note Browse
Bib No.
Barcode
Refine Search
> You're searching:
HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
Item Information
Holdings
Summary
More Content
More by this author
Kent, David J. (Scientist)
Subjects
Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943.
Electrical engineers -- United States -- Biography.
Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Kent, David J. (Scientist)
by title:
Tesla : the wizard o...
MARC Display
Tesla : the wizard of electricity / David J. Kent.
by
Kent, David J. (Scientist)
New York : Fall River Press, c2013.
Subjects
Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943.
Electrical engineers -- United States -- Biography.
Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781435142978
1435142977
Description:
248 p. : ill. ; cm.
Requests:
0
Summary:
Tesla was an eccentric genius who out Edisoned Edison and out Marconied Marconi. Born of modest means in what is now Croatia and later becoming a naturalized American citizen, Tesla's inventions include the alternating current (AC) that powers our homes today, radio, wireless transmission, Xrays, and the electrifying Tesla coil. He even worked on development of direct energy weapons (death rays) and vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. During his lifetime Tesla moved first to Paris, then to New York, and after a period of time in Colorado Springs back to New York City where he maintained two laboratories. Along the way he worked for Edison, then became his biggest rival, and formed friendships with such divergent personalities as George Westinghouse, Mark Twain, a pigeon, all while reflecting on a childhood cat. His idiosyncrasies included an obsession with numbers divisible by three, ardent gambling, and a near pathological fear of germs. He rarely slept more than a few hours at a time, often going days without rest. While generally soft spoken, he could be a consummate showman, often insisting that his Tesla coil be present while he lectured, seemingly shooting lightning bolts as he spoke. In the end he died alone and nearly penniless, having ceded perhaps billions of dollars in royalties to his friend George Westinghouse. This illustrated book takes us through Tesla's life, his experiments and contributions to science, and brings us into his complex mind. Through ample use of his writings and interviews with the societies and inventors clubs that honor his name, we explore Tesla's methods and discoveries, personality quirks, and his legacy for the modern world - both scientific and popular culture.
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Status
Due Date
Kihei Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
621.3092 Tesla Ke
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Makawao Public Library
YA -- Nonfiction
621.3092 Tesla Ke
Lost
12/12/2023
Add Copy to MyList
Manoa Public Library
YA -- Nonfiction
621.3092 Tesla Ke
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.