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The man who invented the twentieth century : Nikola Tesla, forgotten genius of electricity
- Title
- The man who invented the twentieth century : Nikola Tesla, forgotten genius of electricity / Robert Lomas.
- Author
- Lomas, Robert, 1947-
- Publication
- London : Headline, 1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | TK140.T4 L66 1999 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- viii, 248 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-242) and index.
- Contents
- Promising beginnings -- Destined for the priesthood? -- A little theory goes a long way -- An American joke -- Let there be light -- An unreasonable man? -- Old Sparky -- Meet me at the fair -- Harnessing Niagra Falls -- Resonance and radio -- The god of lightning -- Wireless power -- 'A new and glorious age for humanity!' -- The turbine, the Nobel Prize and the Edison Medal -- Top secret oblivion.
- ISBN
- 0747275882
- 9780747275886
- 9780747262657
- 0747262659
- LCCN
- 99491685
- OCLC
- ocm40839685
- 40839685
- SCSB-1229956
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library