Nikola Tesla FBI Files - Page 137

O “A VISIONARY GENIUS AS FERTILE AS ANY IN THE MODERN HISTORY OF SCIENCE.. Flamboyant, eccentric, almost supernaturally gifted, had he been born today he would still be ahead of his time. Called a madman by some, a genius by others. and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla was perhaps the greatest inventor the world has ever known. He was a trailblazer who created astonishing, worldtransforming devices, often without theoretical precedent. It was Tesla who hamessed the alternating electrical current we use today... Tesla who actually invented radio... Tesla who invented fluorescent lighting and the incredible bladeless turbine. He introduced us to the fundamentals of robotry and computer and missile science, which continue to create and transform the future. This fascinating new biography, acclaimed by American Scientist as "excellent…a significant contribution to the recent history of science," is a riveting journey into the mind of the nineteenth-century wizard who was Edison's enemy, Mark Twain's friend, J. P. Morgan's client, and mentor to many of the twentieth-century's most famous scientists. MARGARET CHENEY is a science writer and author ot two other nonfiction books. She lives in California. "The Sunday Times of London MARGARE LOHENEY 39077 71009 00495¹ ISBN 0-440-39077-X MARGARET CHENEY 5:50S DELL 39077-s A visionary genius, his discoveries radically changed-and continue to change the world we live in. "A dramatic and poignant portrait." -Discover TESLA MAN OUT OF TIME Includes eight pades of rare photographs. TAND 179prostids MEDENI TA 62 MTSSCH DATE 22.45 137