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Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

"U muzej velikog izumitelja" (In the Museum of the Great Inventor). Tesla - Beograd, Vol. VI (1959), No. 2, (Mar-Apr), p. 63. (A report of an article in Slovenski poročevalec, Ljubijana, on the Tesla Museum.) (fp)

"U Sovjetskom savezu izdaje se knjiga o životu i radu Nikole Tesle." (A Book on the Life and Work of Nikola Tesla is published in the Soviet Union.) Tesla - Beograd, Vol. VI (1959), No. 2 (Mar-Apr), 64. (The book by B. N. Rzhonsknicki, is one of the series in "Men in Science and Technology.") (fp)

Laurence, William L. "Transmission of Power by Radio Waves Would Made Space Platform Possible," N. Y. Times, May 24, 1959, IV, p. 11, col. 6, 7. (Reference to Tesla and his wireless power system.) (n)

Colladay, Morrison. "Nikola Tesla: Incredible Scientist," American Mercury, June, 1959, pp. 73-80. (An account of Tesla's life and accomplishments. His genius sparked a revolution in electrical invention. Reprinted in Introducing Nikola Tesla, (1970) by T. L. Richardson.) (p)

Anderson, Leland I. "Nikola Tesla - Last of the Pioneers?", Journal of Engineering Education - Lancaster, June, 1959, pp. 967-970. (Resume of Tesla's accomplishments. Tesla, a lone inventor, was perhaps the last of the society of "true pioneers", since past half-century has brought marked change in the processes of development.) (p)

Todorović, Todor. "Savremena vrednost Teslinih fronalazaka" (Present Value of Tesla's Inventigations). Tesla - Beograd, Vol. VI (1959), No. 4 (July-Aug.), pp. 39, 40. (Comment on the value of Tesla's inventions in modern technologies and how the principles of geothermal energy have been put to use in Italy, Japan, the Soviet Union, Iceland, and New Zealand.) (fp)

Crevar, M. "Teslina nagrada najboljem naučno-tehničkom filmu u puli - 1959." (The Tesla Award for the Best Technical Education Film in Pula, 1959.) Tesla - Beograd, Vol. VI (1959), No. 4, (July-Aug.), p. 59. (fp)

"Wireless Power Transmission," Radio-Electronics, July, 1959, p. 6. (Development of efficient microwave tube by Raytheon. Mentions Tesla's work.) (p)

Gernsback, Hugo. "Radio on the Moon," Radio-Electronics, July, 1959, p. 29. (Editorial. Radio signalling on the moon differs vastly from that on earth.) (p)

"Summary Comment, '1906 And All That'," Proceedings of the I.R.E., July, 1959, p. 1189. (Editorial note that comments and rebuttals on certain aspects of electronic history appearing in this issue.) (p)