Prodigal Genius
The Biography of Nikola Tesla; His Life, Legacy and Journals (Hardcover)
Nikola Tesla was one of the 20th century's great pioneers; his role in advancing electrical energy through the use of alternating current, and his stupendous engineering finesse, make this biography by journalist John J. O'Neill a fine read.Born in a Serbian village to a religious family, Nikola demonstrated an early interest in physics. The nascent science behind electricity - in the 1870s a mysterious, unharnessed force - became his passion. Though the young man's engineering aspirations were almost derailed when he contracted cholera, and later by Austro-Hungarian conscription, Tesla managed to enrol to study in Graz, Austria. A top-class…
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- ISBN: 978-0-359-04513-6
- EAN: 9780359045136
- Produktnummer: 29104700
- Verlag: Lulu.com
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 186 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.4 cm 431 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 431
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