The Tesla Legacy begins with a double murder. The victims are a pair of Indian myna birds and their assailant, a mild-mannered Newcastle electrician who acquired his formidable slingshot skills while living in a trailer park in Queensland and demolishing cane toads on the hop. Welcome to the blue-singlet crime fiction of former meat boner-turned-prolific and successful author, Robert G. Barrett.
Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla Biography of a Genius (Audiobook)
By Marc J. Seifer, read by Simon Prebble
Unabridged edition 2011 | 22 hours and 16 mins
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), credited as the inspiration for radio, robots, and even radar, has been called the patron saint of modern electricity. Based on original material and previously unavailable documents, this acclaimed book is the definitive biography of the man considered by many to be the founding father of modern electrical technology. Among Tesla's creations were the channeling of alternating current, fluorescent and neon lighting, wireless telegraphy, and the giant turbines that harnessed the power of Niagara Falls.
Called a madman by some, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla was possibly the greatest inventor the world has ever known. He was, without doubt, a trail blazer who created astonishing, sometimes world-transforming, devices that often were virtually without theoretical precedent. It was Tesla who introduced us to the fundamentals of robotry, computers, and missile science and helped pave the way for such space-age technologies as satellites, microwaves, beam weapons, and nuclear fusion. Yet, Tesla still remains one of the least-recognized scientific pioneers in history.
This is an excellent resource for those who wish to learn about Tesla's experiments. The notes are highly detailed, and clearly show his attempts at transmitting electrical energy without wires by means of his magnifying transmitter.
This was the first full-length biography written on the genius inventor, Nikola Tesla. The author was a Pulitzer Prize-winner and personal friend of Tesla, who once said the author understood him better than any man alive. It is reflected well in this highly detailed work. Much of the information in this book was personal and important, but might otherwise not have been known had O'Neill not documented it. The immense genius of Tesla resulted from a mind that could see an invention in 3-D, from every angle, within his mind before it was easily built. His dimensions and part sizes were always perfect. He never tested parts; they always worked.
