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_q(hardback)
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100 1 _aCooper, Christopher
_c(Energy specialist),
_eauthor.
_9618
245 1 4 _aThe truth about Tesla :
_bthe myth of the lone genius in the history of innovation /
_cChristopher Cooper ; foreword by Marc J. Seifer, Ph. D.
260 _aNew York :
_bRace Point Publishing, a member of Quarto Publishing Group,
_c2015.
300 _a195 pages :
_billustrations, portraits ;
_c26 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 175-187) and index.
505 0 _aMyth of the lone genius -- The conventional account of a modern genius -- Understanding electricity -- The polyphase alternating current (AC) motor -- Electrical transformers and the Tesla Coil -- Wireless transmission -- The truth about Tesla.
520 _aEverything you think you know about Nikola Tesla is wrong. Nikola Tesla was one of the greatest electrical inventors who ever lived. For years, the engineering genius was relegated to relative obscurity, his contributions to humanity (we are told) obscured by a number of nineteenth-century inventors and industrialists who took credit for his work or stole his patents outright. In recent years, the historical record has been "corrected" and Tesla has been restored to his rightful place among historical luminaries like Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and Gugliemo Marconi. Most biographies repeat the familiar account of Tesla's life, including his invention of alternating current, his falling out with Edison, how he lost billions in patent royalties to Westinghouse, and his fight to prove that Marconi stole 13 of his patents to "invent" radio. But, what really happened? Consider this: Everything you think you know about Nikola Tesla is wrong. Newly uncovered information proves that the popular account of Tesla's life is itself very flawed. In The Truth About Tesla, Christopher Cooper sets out to prove that the conventional story not only oversimplifies history, it denies credit to some of the true inventors behind many of the groundbreaking technologies now attributed to Tesla and perpetuates a misunderstanding about the process of innovation itself. Are you positive that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone? Are you sure the Wright Brothers were the first in flight? Think again! With a provocative foreword by Tesla biographer Marc. J. Seifer, The Truth About Tesla is one of the first books to set the record straight, tracing the origin of some of the greatest electrical inventions to a coterie of colorful characters that conventional history has all but forgotten.
600 1 0 _aTesla, Nikola,
_d1856-1943.
_9619
650 0 _aElectrical engineers
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_9620
650 0 _aInventors
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_9621
650 0 _aInventions
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
_9622
650 0 _aTechnological innovations
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
_9623
650 0 _aLighting
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
_9624
650 0 _aElectric currents, Alternating
_xPolyphase.
_9625
650 0 _aTesla coils.
_9626
650 0 _aElectrical engineering
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
_9627
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttps://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1621/2016429526-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttps://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1621/2016429526-d.html
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