Various Tesla book cover images

Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

Reynolds, Terry S., and Bernstein, Theodore. "The Damnable Alternating Current," IEEE Proceedings, Sept., 1976, pp. 1339-1343. (Struggle over the use of alternating current versus direct current lasted from 1886 to 1895. Relates Tesla's ac developments.) (p)

Belfield, Robert. "The Niagara System: The Evolution of an Electric Power Complex at Niagara Falls, 1883-1896," IEEE Proceedings, Sept., 1976, pp. 1344-1350. (Analyzes the evolution of the universal electric power system introduced at Niagara in 1895. Tesla's ac motor patents and Westinghouse involvement discussed.) (p)

Alger, Philip, and Arnold, Robert E. "The History of Induction Motors in America," IEEE Proceedings, Sept., 1976, pp. 1380-1383. (Review of the history of the induction motor from its invention by Nikola Tesla in 1888 through the various stages of development.) (p)

Terman, Frederick E. "A Brief History of Electrical Engineering Education," IEEE Proceedings, Sept., 1976, pp. 1399-1407. (Curricula that evolved was based on the needs of the industry. Reference to Tesla induction motor.) (p)

Wagner, Geo. "Radio Communication with Space People," Beyond Reality, Sept., 1976, pp. 28-30. (An account of Nikola Tesla's experiments in 1894, detecting signals which may have come from Venus or Mars.) (p)

Hunt, Inez, and Anderson, Leland. "Lightning at 'Little London'," Zajedničar, Sept. 1, 1976. (Reprint from Denver Post of July 11, 1976. (n)

Freedman, Mitchell. "A Forgotten Scientist is Remembered," Newsday, Sept. 22, 1976, p. 19. (Plaque to be placed on Peerless plant, former Tesla laboratory, by R. C. Anderson, Ass't. Director of Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Vela Veskovic, Consul General of Yugoslavia.) (n)

Wilson, Burt. "Free Power," The Citizen Intelligencer - Los Angeles, Oct., 1976, pp. 2, 3. (How Nikola Tesla's worldwide wireless superpower system was suppressed by big business.) (n)

Muzik, Glenn. "Tesla: Kilroy of Science?", Electronics Journal, Oct., 1976, pp. 1, 8, 10. (Biographical account of Tesla's life and work, with bibliography.) (n)

"Nikola Tesla's Bold Adventure," The Citizen Intelligencer - Los Angeles, Oct., 1976, p. 1. (Brief description of Tesla - photo of Wardenclyffe tower.) (n)

Gruden, Prof. dr. Mirjan. "Nikola Tesla," Nasi Razgledi, Oct. 8, 1976. (Simpozij "Nikola Tesla", ki naj bi postal trajna znanstvena vstanova.) (fn)

Puharich, Andrija. "The Work of Nikola Tesla Ca. 1900 and its Relationship to Physics, Bioenergy and Healing." (Paper read at International Interdisciplinary Conference on Consciousness and Healing, Oct. 13, 1976. University of Toronto.) (b)