Synopsis
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.
Chapters
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Tesla 01 Title
Duration: 34s -
Tesla 02 Preface
Duration: 10min -
Tesla 03 Foreward
Duration: 10min -
Tesla 04 Ch1
Duration: 13min -
Tesla 05 Ch2
Duration: 42min -
Tesla 06 Ch3
Duration: 16min -
Tesla 07 Ch4
Duration: 28min -
Tesla 08 Ch5
Duration: 36min -
Tesla 09 Ch6
Duration: 31min -
Tesla 10 Ch7
Duration: 37min -
Tesla 11 Ch8
Duration: 34min -
Tesla 12 Ch9
Duration: 26min -
Tesla 13 Ch10
Duration: 28min -
Tesla 14 Ch11
Duration: 30min -
Tesla 15 Ch12
Duration: 36min -
Tesla 16 Ch13
Duration: 23min -
Tesla 17 Ch14
Duration: 27min -
Tesla 18 Ch15
Duration: 25min -
Tesla 19 Ch16
Duration: 41min -
Tesla 20 Ch17
Duration: 22min