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Prodigal Genius - The Biography of Nikola Tesla; His Life, Legacy and Journals (Paperback)
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Prodigal Genius - The Biography of Nikola Tesla; His Life, Legacy and Journals (Paperback)
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Loot Price R471
Discovery Miles 4 710
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Nikola Tesla was one of the 20th century's great pioneers; his role
in advancing electrical energy through the use of alternating
current, and his stupendous engineering finesse, make this
biography by journalist John J. O'Neill a fine read. Born in a
Serbian village to a religious family, Nikola demonstrated an early
interest in physics. The nascent science behind electricity - in
the 1870s a mysterious, unharnessed force - became his passion.
Though the young man's engineering aspirations were almost derailed
when he contracted cholera, and later by Austro-Hungarian
conscription, Tesla managed to enrol to study in Graz, Austria. A
top-class student, tutors admiration for Tesla's gifts and
boundless curiosity was tempered by concerns over his tendency to
overwork. These attributes marked Tesla's professional life; an
obsessively driven man, Tesla's gifts for invention were amply
demonstrated and rewarded in the United States. As his ambitions
grew in size and scope, Tesla was hailed as a visionary.
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