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Title: Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla : Biography of a Genius by Marc J. Seifer, Marc Seifer ISBN: 0-8065-1960-6 Publisher: Citadel Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: DEFINITIVE, REVELATORY, UTTERLY ABSORBING, HIGHLY RECOMMEND
Comment: A note from the author.
WIZARD: THE LIFE & TIMES OF NIKOLA TESLA has taken me 20 years to write. My key reasons for writing the book were to try and answer many of the questions left unanswered by the other authors, such as why Tesla's name dropped into obscurity, whether or not he really received signals from Mars, how his magnifying transmitter really worked, what exactly happened to cause his failure with JP Morgan, what happened to his secret particle beam weaponry papers, and would his particle beam weapon have really worked.
The book is set up completely chronologically, and begins with a quote for each chapter. It also differs from the other biographies in a number of other ways mainly because I had access to hundreds of documents which had never been published before, many received through the Freedom of Information Act.
For instance, for the first time ever, WIZARD explains why Tesla stopped working for Edison, why Steinmetz dropped Tesla's name from his textbooks on AC power, why Michael Pupin never mentioned Tesla's name in his physics courses at Columbia University, how Tesla pre-dated Rutherford, Bohr and Einstein in theories on the structure of the atom and on what came to be called Quantum physics, how Marconi pirated Tesla's apparatus, why Tesla had a falling out with his editor TC Martin, John Jacob Astor, JP Morgan and John Hayes Hammond Jr, what Tesla's link to the Navy was, how Franklin Roosevelt used the Tesla patents to block payments on wireless apparatus to Marconi, yet at the same time cut Tesla out of the Marconi/Sarnoff/Westinghouse deal to create RCA, how Tesla interacted with Telefunken, the German wireless concern during WWI and the US War Department during WWII to help them design a particle beam weapon, and how and why Tesla's name has been picked up by cult circles.
It has been praised by PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY as "revelatory" and definitive, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN as "a serious piece of scholarship", "deep, comprehensive, definitive" and "highly recommended" by THE AMERICAN ACADEMY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, "meticulously researched" by BOOKLIST, "utterly absorbing" by NEXUS, called "a masterpice" by best selling author NELSON DEMILLE and "recommended for all levels" by CHOICE.
Further, WIZARD is not only the story of Tesla's amazing life, but also a story about the rise of corporate America at the turn of the century as well as a story about numerous Tesla contemporaries such as Tom Edison, Guglielmo Marconi, George Westinghouse, Robert & Katherine Johnson, John Jacob Astor, JP Morgan, Stanford White, Franklin Roosevelt and J. Edgar Hoover.
This new trade paperback edition has a new illustration of Tesla's flying wing VTOL which was a forerunner of Lockheed Martin's X-33 which will replace the shuttle, and also a new section on the June 1908 explosion at Tunguska Siberia.The book contains over 1400 endnotes including references to 250 documents never published before, a full bibliography and index, and 16 pages of photos.
Best wishes,
Marc J. Seifer, Ph.D. Author
Rating: 5
Summary: Tesla is a valuable target of study
Comment: I really got a lot out of Seifer's book. The detail is excrutiating. The book flows as Tesla's life did, and it truly gives powerful insight.
The book is lucid to the point that the reader is able to understand Tesla as a man, as an inventor and as a mortal demigod.
Truly interesting, well worth the price and time.
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb Biography of a Man ahead of his Time
Comment: Seifer's comprehensive look at Nikola Tesla is unexpected. It is neither dry, formulaic or predictable - even for those familiar with the enigmatic genius. Simply put, it is fascinating, exciting reading. Tesla was credited with the invention of modern AC power generation, remote control, fundamental advances in radio, wireless voice- and data-transfer, the first laser, advanced flight concepts, and a myriad of other inventions. Yet he died without ever achieving the financial rewards one would expect for a man who was truly ahead of his time.
Taking advantage of ill-defined intellectual property laws and the vagaries of international court systems, other well-known inventors such as Pupin, Marconi, and Steinmetz either "borrowed" his discoveries or helped write him out of the history books. While many rode Tesla's coattails to public recognition and, often, staggering financial success - the great man was left penniless and alone.
Seifer pulls no punches. Tesla made a series of startling gaffes. From ill-conceived contracts with Westinghouse (leaving him with no ongoing revenue from his discovery of the AC polyphase system) to poor management of critical projects backed by J.P. Morgan, Tesla disappointed his financiers time and time again. Lack of prioritization, spinning off in too many directions simultaneously, poor project management - all contributed to Tesla's inability to achieve the breakthrough he needed (and deserved) for true financial independence.
Seifer covers Tesla's life in exceptional detail. His bizarre work habits (often sleeping only two hours a night), his odd social life (never married and apparently a lifelong celibate), and his many other idiosyncrasies are described with fascinating anecdotes. You don't need to be an Electrical Engineer, or a Scientist, or even technically savvy to thoroughly enjoy _Wizard_. In a nutshell: superb.
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Title: Tesla : Man Out of Time by Margaret Cheney ISBN: 0743215362 Publisher: Touchstone Pub. Date: 09 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla by Ben Johnston ISBN: 0910077002 Publisher: Hart Brothers Pub Pub. Date: 01 October, 1982 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title:Tesla - Master of Lightning ASIN: B000051SHA Publisher: PBS Home Video Pub. Date: 12 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.95 |
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Title: The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla (The Lost Science Series) by Nikola Tesla, David H. Childress ISBN: 0932813194 Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Lost Journals of Nikola Tesla : Haarp - Chemtrails and Secret of Alternative 4 by Tim Swartz, Timothy Beckley ISBN: 1892062135 Publisher: Inner Light - Global communications Pub. Date: 15 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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