LEADER 04625nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910816643203321 005 20230803020616.0 010 $a1-299-48351-8 010 $a1-4008-4655-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400846559 035 $a(CKB)2550000001020449 035 $a(EBL)1123678 035 $a(OCoLC)842265979 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000872317 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12411192 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000872317 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10831692 035 $a(PQKB)10097404 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1123678 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43189 035 $a(DE-B1597)453876 035 $a(OCoLC)979758558 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400846559 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1123678 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10689866 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL479601 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001020449 100 $a20130314d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTesla$b[electronic resource] $einventor of the electrical age /$fW. Bernard Carlson 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (517 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 00$a0-691-16561-0 311 0 $a0-691-05776-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tIntroduction. Dinner at Delmonico's --$tChapter One. An Ideal Childhood (1856-1878) --$tChapter Two. Dreaming of Motors (1878-1882) --$tChapter Three. Learning by Doing (1882-1886) --$tChapter Four. Mastering Alternating Current (1886-1888) --$tChapter Five. Selling the Motor (1888-1889) --$tChapter Six. Searching for a New Ideal (1889-1891) --$tChapter Seven. A Veritable Magician (1891) --$tChapter Eight. Taking the Show to Europe (1891-1892) --$tChapter Nine. Pushing Alternating Current in America (1892-1893) --$tChapter Ten. Wireless Lighting and the Oscillator (1893-1894) --$tChapter Eleven. Efforts at Promotion (1894-1895) --$tChapter Twelve. Looking for Alternatives (1895-1898) --$tChapter Thirteen. Stationary Waves (1899-1900) --$tChapter Fourteen. Wardenclyffe (1900-1901) --$tChapter Fifteen. The Dark Tower (1901-1905) --$tChapter Sixteen. Visionary to the End (1905-1943) --$tEpilogue --$tNote on Sources --$tAbbreviations and Sources --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aNikola 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 Thomas Edison, Tesla was one of America's first celebrity scientists, enjoying the company of New York high society and dazzling the likes of Mark Twain with his electrical demonstrations. An astute self-promoter and gifted showman, he cultivated a public image of the eccentric genius. Even at the end of his life when he was living in poverty, Tesla still attracted reporters to his annual birthday interview, regaling them with claims that he had invented a particle-beam weapon capable of bringing down enemy aircraft. Plenty of biographies glamorize Tesla and his eccentricities, but until now none has carefully examined what, how, and why he invented. In this groundbreaking book, W. Bernard Carlson demystifies the legendary inventor, placing him within the cultural and technological context of his time, and focusing on his inventions themselves as well as the creation and maintenance of his celebrity. Drawing on original documents from Tesla's private and public life, Carlson shows how he was an "idealist" inventor who sought the perfect experimental realization of a great idea or principle, and who skillfully sold his inventions to the public through mythmaking and illusion. This major biography sheds new light on Tesla's visionary approach to invention and the business strategies behind his most important technological breakthroughs. 606 $aElectrical engineers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aInventors$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aElectrical engineers 615 0$aInventors 676 $a621.3092 676 $aB 686 $aBIO015000$aSCI021000$aSCI022000$2bisacsh 700 $aCarlson$b W. Bernard$01106781 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816643203321 996 $aTesla$93936837 997 $aUNINA