Nikola Tesla and the Electrical Future 178578546X, 9781785785467

Nikola Tesla was a bundle of contradictions – a consummate showman and a private recluse; a man of science addicted to s

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Table of contents :
Title Page
Epigraph
Contents
Prologue
Part 1: The Electrical Century
Chapter 1: A Child of the Storm
Chapter 2: Electric Power
Chapter 3: Working Electricity
Part 2: Battle of the Systems
Chapter 4: A New World
Chapter 5: The Wizard of Menlo Park
Chapter 6: AC/DC
Chapter 7: Building Tomorrow
Part 3: Scientific Showman
Chapter 8: The Business of Invention
Chapter 9: Electrical Landscapes
Chapter 10: Harnessing Nature
Chapter 11: The Greatest Show on Earth
Part 4: Selling the Future
Chapter 12: In the Ether
Chapter 13: The Pursuit of Power
Chapter 14: Other Worlds
Chapter 15: Wardenclyffe
Part 5: Visions of Tomorrow
Chapter 16: Inventing the Future
Chapter 17: Projections
Chapter 18: The Afterlives of Nikola Tesla
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index
About the Author
Copyright

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