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02282aam a22003612i 4500 001 9300A1FE27B811EF9FBFAF4235ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240611010142 008 191014s2019 nyua e b 001 0beng 010 $a be2019046237 020 $a 0393358046 (paperback) 020 $a 9780393358049 (paperback) 035 $a (OCoLC)1132235695 040 $a AU@ $b eng $e rda $c AU@ $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d ZGG $d T2G $d OCLCO $d LS@ $d TLC $e rda $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 082 04 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Munson, Richard $e author. $0 (DLC)n 78003319 245 10 $a Tesla : $b inventor of the modern / $c Richard Munson. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b W.W. Norton & Company, $c [2019] 300 $a 306 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-290) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Everywhere is energy -- Born between today and tomorrow -- A glorious dream -- Reverberation of Heaven's artillery -- A whirling field of force -- As revolutionary as gunpowder was to warfare -- Order of the flaming sword -- Divine organ of sight -- Earthquakes and friends -- Fire and robots -- Like a god controlling nature's power -- Sheer audacity -- Too much of a poet and visionary -- So far ahead of his time -- Epilogue: Boldness of ignorance -- Appendix: The marvel of electricity. 520 $a Nikola Tesla, a Serbian-American, invented the radio, the induction motor, the neon lamp and the remote control. His breakthrough came in alternating current, which pitted him against Thomas Edison's direct current empire and bitter patent battles ensued. But Tesla's technology was superior and he prevailed. He had no business sense, could not capitalise on this success and his most advanced ideas were unrecognised for decades. 600 10 $a Tesla, Nikola, $d 1856-1943 $0 (DLC)n 78086404 650 0 $a Electrical engineers $z United States $v Biography. $0 (DLC)sh2008102898 650 0 $a Inventors $z United States $v Biography. $0 (DLC)sh2008104575 650 0 $a Electrical engineering $x History. $0 (DLC)sh2008119220 655 2 $a Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611021651.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9300A1FE27B811EF9FBFAF4235ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b LS@Initiate Another SILO Locator Search