Nikola Tesla: The Man, the Inventor, and the Age of Electricity

by Richard Gunderman

Overview

As a scientist, inventor, and engineer, Nikola Tesla was devoted to discovery, registering over 700 patents in his lifetime. Today, he is mostly celebrated as the father of modern electricity, shaping technology that came after. Tesla’s fascinating life story is the focus of this accessible volume, which includes beautifully reproduced documents from Tesla’s personal archives. Readers will be especially interested in original diagrams and drawings of his ingenious machines, which—along with comprehensible explanations—will familiarize them with the essential curricular concepts of X-ray, radar, and electricity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781499471168
Publisher:	Rosen Publishing Group, Incorporated, The
Publication date:	07/30/2021
Series:	Pioneers of Science Series
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements 4

Timeline 6

The World Before Electrification 8

The Electrical Pioneers 12

Telsa's Early Years 14

Education 20

Budapest 22

Thomas Edison 24

The Dawn of AC 30

George Westinghouse 34

Taking AC to Scale 38

The War of the Currents 42

The Tesla Coil 46

1983 World's Columbian Exposition 54

Niagara Falls 60

X-Rays 64

Mark Twain 70

Radio Control 74

The Waldorf-Astoria 78

Marconi 82

Colorado Springs 86

Talking with the Planets 92

J. P. Morgan 98

Wardenclyffe 102

Letters to Morgan 108

Radio after Tesla 112

After Wardenclyffe 118

Bitterness 122

Prizes 126

Birthday Press Conferences 132

Pigeons 136

Tesla's Effects 140

Not an Axe But a Hammer 146

The Flawed Titan 152

Index 156

Credits 160

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2021

Gr 9 Up—In-depth analyses of the works of the respective subjects are the primary focus of the 19th- and 20th-century scientists featured in these volumes. Readers are provided detail concerning Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, Charles Darwin's theories on evolution and natural selection, Marie Curie's discovery of radium, Nikola Tesla's success in electrical transmissions, Sigmund Freud's contributions to psychoanalysis, and Stephen Hawking's views on cosmology and black holes. To varying degrees, personal lives are explored: parents, marriages, and children. While generally positive information is presented on each scientist, the authors balance that with less savory aspects of their lives; Einstein is portrayed as an unkind husband to his first wife and Curie's affair with a married man are included. There is an overwhelming amount of scientific information provided—theories and experiments are explored in great detail. Photographs, drawings, and maps complement the narratives, but the text is dense and none of these volumes can be considered introductory. VERDICT Browsers will look more to other, more basic, titles about these famous scientists and researchers will only use for bibliographical purposes. Unless there is a strong demand, selectors will do well to pass.

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