Margaret Cheney
Paperback | Pages: 400 pages Rating: 3.78 | 4095 Users | 419 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Tesla: Man Out of Time |
| ISBN: | 0743215362 (ISBN13: 9780743215367) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Nikola Tesla |
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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.
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| Title | : | Tesla: Man Out of Time |
| Author | : | Margaret Cheney |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 400 pages |
| Published | : | October 9th 2001 by Touchstone (first published 1981) |
| Categories | : | Biography. Nonfiction. Science. History |
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Ratings: 3.78 From 4095 Users | 419 ReviewsAppraise Containing Books Tesla: Man Out of Time
I think Tesla may be one of the most brilliant and unique minds that this country has ever seen. I have been fascinated with Tesla ever since I heard about Tesla coils (which are devices that make artificial lightening). He is probably the greatest inventor of last century; Edison was simply a technician and a businessman, but Tesla was a visionary who foresaw a new, electrified world. He developed the system by which we generate most of our electricity, built the hydropower plant at NiagaraIf you know nothing about Tesla, you'll find out a lot of interesting things, like I did. The eccentric genius makes for an incredible story. And if I was to guess, I'd guess that Cheney did the most with the limited source material on Tesla, the man, that she could. But it all seemed sadly incomplete. And the parts where Cheney tries to fill in can be nails on a chalkboard. There's a multi-page Freudian analysis of Tesla that includes absurd Freudian gobbledygook about nipples, maternal
Even 65 years after his death, Tesla still stirs such intense emotions that he seems less a scientist than a spiritual leader. Some consider him the greatest mind in science with near-mythical powers of observation and ratiocination; others dismiss him as a fuzzy-minded thinker who envisioned great things but executed on few of them. This sharp disconnect clouds Cheney's biography, which introduces the reader to both sides of Tesla but clearly leans toward the worshipful respect and the
While Nikola Tesla is an interesting man, this book did not live up to the man's genius. First off, the writing is not very good, it feels very haphazard and lacking in forethought. This sometimes reads like a list of accomplishments, Nikola Tesla did this, invented that, came up with this idea and so on. Secondly, this biography totally glorifies the man without ever viewing him in a critical way or with a critical approach. The main feeling I got from this book is that Tesla had a lot of
Thomas Edison is usually the first name that comes to mind when thinking of great inventors. Fuhgetaboutit! Nikola Tesla was far more prescient. A Serbian born in Croatia in 1856, coincidentally the same country my maternal grandfather was born in 1905. Both wound up in New York, Tesla in Manhattan, and my grandfather, Ivan Kirincic, in Queens. Ivan came here with very little formal education, and yet, he built a house by himself, including all the electrical and plumbing. Im lucky if I can
A solid biography of Nikola Tesla. Cheneys book filled in many details I didnt know about Tesla, such as how he lived much of his adult life in New York City hotel rooms and his friendship with the poet Robert Underwood Johnson and his wife Katharine. Cheney also discusses Teslas love of Serbian poetry. Ive long been fascinated by his brief foray to Colorado Springs where he conducted large-scale experiments he couldnt conduct in the city and she gives good information about that time period.
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) truly was a man ahead of his time. He was born into an era when the materials that would prove his designs had yet to be invented. Even the words needed to convey his ideas had not been coined. Many of his designs are still classified seventy-three years after his death.Tesla was a magician who held people spellbound while conjuring up his amazing discoveries. Margaret Cheney was clearly in his thrall, evidenced by her resolute championship of Tesla against Edison. The
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