The Truth About Tesla: The Myth of the Lone Genius in the History of Innovation Nikola Tesla was one of the greatest electrical inventors who ever lived. But, what really happened?Consider this: Everything you think you know about Nikola Tesla is wrong.Everything you think
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| Title | : | The Truth About Tesla: The Myth of the Lone Genius in the History of Innovation |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.77 (337 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1631060309 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-09 |
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Everything you think you know about Nikola Tesla is wrong.Nikola Tesla was one of the greatest electrical inventors who ever lived. For years, the engineering genius was relegated to relative obscurity, his contributions to humanity (we are told) obscured by a number of nineteenth-century inventors and industrialists who took credit for his work or stole his patents outright. In recent years, the historical record has been "corrected" and Tesla has been restored to his rightful place among historical luminaries like Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and Gugliemo Marconi.Most biographies repeat the familiar account of Tesla's life, including his invention of alternating current, his falling out with Edison, how he lost billions in patent royalties to Westinghouse, and his fight to prove that Marconi stole 13 of his patents to "invent" radio. But, what really happened?Consider this: Everything you think you know about Nikola Tesla is wrong. Newly uncovered information proves tha
Editorial : "His (Christopher Cooper) premise is that every scientific luminary, not just Newton, sees farther by standing on the shoulders of giants. Much of the text recounts not only the stories of Tesla's inventions, but also of the discoveries and developments of earlier researchers on whose work Tesla's is based. It tells, too, of some who tried to pirate Tesla's inventions and claim them as their own." - Mechanical Engineering
"Tesla is an enigmatic figure whose life and achievements appeal to historians, engineers, scientists, and many others, and this volume will touch them all in different ways. Everyone from new readers to Tesla historians are sure to find something of interest here." - Library Journal
In business you sometimes must fight fire with fire, unfortunately. It argues for society rewarding all inventors evenly, as I hinted above, not for disparaging them as the author does with Tesla.
All in all, a worthy book only because so few of these books are out there, but, ultimately a book that does not prove its thesis. Tesla also predicted a type of radar on a TV screen and many other inventions (he had over 700 patents), including allegedly remote wireless transmission of power (probably a failure) but these are only mentioned in passing.
The book tries to smear Tesla in the most negative light. Because you won’t understand if you rely just on this book. In fact, there’s probably not a single invention (and off the top of my head I can’t think of one) that somehow doesn’t have some sort of basis in what others have already done, either before or nearly simultaneously. I could easily write a 20 page book review, but I’ll try an
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