Prodigal Genius: The Biography of Nikola Tesla; His Life, Legacy and Journals
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Prodigal Genius: The Biography of Nikola Tesla; His Life, Legacy and Journals, A. Y. Shoumikhin, 9780359045143
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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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