Tesla : : Inventor of the Electrical Age / / W. Bernard Carlson.
Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of modern AC electricity, and contributed to the development of radio and television. Like his competitor...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction. Dinner at Delmonico's
- Chapter One. An Ideal Childhood (1856-1878)
- Chapter Two. Dreaming of Motors (1878-1882)
- Chapter Three. Learning by Doing (1882-1886)
- Chapter Four. Mastering Alternating Current (1886-1888)
- Chapter Five. Selling the Motor (1888-1889)
- Chapter Six. Searching for a New Ideal (1889-1891)
- Chapter Seven. A Veritable Magician (1891)
- Chapter Eight. Taking the Show to Europe (1891-1892)
- Chapter Nine. Pushing Alternating Current in America (1892-1893)
- Chapter Ten. Wireless Lighting and the Oscillator (1893-1894)
- Chapter Eleven. Efforts at Promotion (1894-1895)
- Chapter Twelve. Looking for Alternatives (1895-1898)
- Chapter Thirteen. Stationary Waves (1899-1900)
- Chapter Fourteen. Wardenclyffe (1900-1901)
- Chapter Fifteen. The Dark Tower (1901-1905)
- Chapter Sixteen. Visionary to the End (1905-1943)
- Epilogue
- Note on Sources
- Abbreviations and Sources
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index