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Plenty of biographies glamorize Tesla and his eccentricities, but until now none has carefully examined what, how, and why he invented. In this groundbreaking book, W. Bernard Carlson demystifies the legendary inventor, placing him within the cultural and technological context of his time, and focusing on his inventions themselves as well as the creation and maintenance of his celebrity. Drawing on original documents from Tesla's private and public life, Carlson shows how he was an "idealist" inventor who sought the perfect experimental realization of a great idea or principle, and who skillfully sold his inventions to the public through mythmaking and illusion.
This major biography sheds new light on Tesla's visionary approach to invention and the business strategies behind his most important technological breakthroughs.
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- De DuPont en 06-15-17
De: Jill Jonnes
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The Victorian Internet
- The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers
- De: Tom Standage
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 5 h y 22 m
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The Victorian Internet tells the colorful story of the telegraph's creation and remarkable impact and of the visionaries, oddballs, and eccentrics who pioneered it, from eighteenth-century French scientist Jean-Antoine Nollet to Samuel F. B. Morse and Thomas Edison. The electric telegraph nullified distance and shrank the world quicker and further than ever before or since, and its story mirrors and predicts that of the Internet in numerous ways.
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Very nice audiobook
- De David en 05-23-16
De: Tom Standage
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- De: Richard Rhodes
- Narrado por: Holter Graham
- Duración: 37 h y 16 m
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Here for the first time, in rich human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan. Few great discoveries have evolved so swiftly - or have been so misunderstood. From the theoretical discussions of nuclear energy to the bright glare of Trinity, there was a span of hardly more than 25 years.
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- De JFanson en 01-01-19
De: Richard Rhodes
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How the Laser Happened
- Adventures of a Scientist
- De: Charles H. Townes
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
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In How the Laser Happened, Nobel laureate Charles Townes provides a highly personal look at some of the leading events in 20th-century physics. This lively memoir, packed with firsthand accounts and historical anecdotes, is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the history of science and an inspiring example for students considering scientific careers.
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- De James S. en 10-06-18
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A Mind at Play
- How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age
- De: Rob Goodman, Jimmy Soni
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
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Claude Shannon was a tinkerer, a playful wunderkind, a groundbreaking polymath, and a digital pioneer whose insights made the Information Age possible. He constructed fire-breathing trumpets and customized unicycles, outfoxed Vegas casinos, and built juggling robots, but he also wrote the seminal text of the Digital Revolution. That work allowed scientists to measure and manipulate information as objectively as any physical object. His work gave mathematicians and engineers the tools to bring that world to pass.
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I wanted more information about Information Theory
- De Bonny en 05-08-18
De: Rob Goodman, y otros
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The Day We Found the Universe
- De: Marcia Bartusiak
- Narrado por: Erik Synnestvedt
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
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From one of our most acclaimed science writers: a dramatic narrative of the discovery of the true nature and startling size of the universe, delving back past the moment of revelation to trace the decades of work--by a select group of scientists--that made it possible.
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Worth the Effort
- De Roy en 08-13-09
De: Marcia Bartusiak
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The Glass Universe
- How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
- De: Dava Sobel
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
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Number-one New York Times best-selling author Dava Sobel returns with the captivating, little-known true story of a group of women whose remarkable contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.
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But the seeing, which was everything, was better
- De Cynthia en 01-07-17
De: Dava Sobel
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Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin: Two Predator Leaders. The Biography Collection
- The Greatest People, Book 1
- De: The History Hour
- Narrado por: Jerry Beebe, Alexander G.
- Duración: 3 h
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Discover the lives and poltical history of German politician and demagogue Adolf Hitler - leader of the Nazi Party, chancellor of Germany, and führer of Nazi Germany - and Joseph Stalin, dictator of the Soviet Union.
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Best informative.
- De Phyllis S Lopez en 10-25-19
De: The History Hour
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Birdmen
- The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies
- De: Lawrence Goldstone
- Narrado por: Jonathan Fried
- Duración: 14 h y 43 m
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Wilbur and Orville Wright are two of the greatest innovators in history, and together they solved the centuries-old riddle of powered, heavier-than-air flight. Glenn Hammond Curtiss was the most talented machinist of his day; he first became the fastest man alive when he perfected the motorcycle, then turned his eyes toward the skies to become the fastest man aloft. But between the Wrights and Curtiss bloomed a poisonous rivalry and a patent war so powerful that it shaped aviation in its early years and drove one of the three men to his grave.
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Exceptional
- De Ken en 05-16-15
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Simply Electrifying
- The Technology That Transformed the World, from Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk
- De: Craig R. Roach
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 15 h y 1 m
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Simply Electrifying: The Technology That Transformed the World, from Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk brings to life the 250-year history of electricity through the stories of the men and women who used it to transform our world: Benjamin Franklin, James Watt, Michael Faraday, Samuel F.B. Morse, Thomas Edison, Samuel Insull, Albert Einstein, Rachel Carson, Elon Musk, and more. In the process, it reveals for the first time the complete, thrilling, and often dangerous story of electricity's historic discovery, development, and worldwide application.
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decent, but ended up disappointing.
- De Alexander Douglass en 12-28-18
De: Craig R. Roach
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To Conquer the Air
- The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight
- De: James Tobin
- Narrado por: Boyd Gaines
- Duración: 6 h y 10 m
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To Conquer the Air is a hero's tale of overcoming obstacles within and without that plumbs the depths of creativity and character. With a historian's accuracy and a novelist's eye, Tobin has captured the interplay of remarkable personalities at an extraordinary moment in our history. In the centennial year of human flight, To Conquer the Air is itself a heroic achievement.
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A great story
- De Jere en 05-30-03
De: James Tobin
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American Eclipse
- A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World
- De: David Baron
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 8 h y 38 m
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In the scorching summer of 1878, with the Gilded Age in its infancy, three tenacious and brilliant scientists raced to Wyoming and Colorado to observe a rare total solar eclipse. One sought to discover a new planet. Another - an adventuresome female astronomer - fought to prove that science was not anathema to femininity. And a young megalomaniacal inventor, with the tabloid press fast on his heels, sought to test his scientific bona fides and light the world through his revelations.
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Just OK.
- De Melanie A Hwalek en 09-18-17
De: David Baron
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Tesla: Man Out of Time
- De: Margaret Cheney
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey, Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 13 h y 34 m
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From Tesla's childhood in Yugoslavia to his death in New York in the 1940s, Cheney paints a compelling human portrait and chronicles a lifetime of discoveries that radically altered - and continue to alter - the world in which we live. Tesla: Man Out of Time is an in-depth look at the seminal accomplishments of a scientific wizard and a thoughtful examination of the obsessions and eccentricities of the man behind the science.
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Good but very dated.
- De Mr Smith en 08-09-15
De: Margaret Cheney
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The Nikola Tesla Collection
- De: Nikola Tesla
- Narrado por: Adriel Brandt
- Duración: 7 h y 59 m
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This is the most comprehensive compilation of newspaper clippings and periodical articles assembled about Nikola Tesla. The entries range from August 14, 1886, to December 11, 1920. Comprising approximately 1,700 separate items, the collection includes both American and British publications and is reproduced directly from the original material.
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great narration
- De Cold Electric Hardware en 09-12-21
De: Nikola Tesla
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Tesla
- Wizard at War: The Genius, the Particle Beam Weapon, and the Pursuit of Power
- De: Marc J. Seifer
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
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Drawing on 40 years of research and a treasure trove of new information, Tesla: Wizard at War provides a comprehensive view of Tesla's discoveries, which continue to influence today's military technology and diplomatic strategies. One of the world's leading Tesla experts, Marc J. Seifer, offers new insight into the brilliant scientist's particle beam weapon (aka the "Death Ray") and explores his military negotiations with pivotal historical figures - including his links to Joseph Stalin, Vannevar Bush, General Andrew McNaughton, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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- De Ashton Zee en 12-13-21
De: Marc J. Seifer
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My Inventions
- The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla
- De: Nikola Tesla
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 2 h y 44 m
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Written by Nikola Tesla at the age of 63, this autobiography is a fascinating glimpse into the interior life of a man who may have contributed more to the fields of electricity, radio, and television than any other person living or dead, a man certainly possessed of genius, and one who some consider the most important man of the 20th century.
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very interesting and nicely personal
- De ayooys en 12-17-20
De: Nikola Tesla
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Wizard
- The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius
- De: Marc J. Seifer
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 22 h y 13 m
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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.
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Tesla was a hundred years ahead of his time
- De Jean en 01-28-12
De: Marc J. Seifer
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How Cosmic Forces Shape Our Destinies
- De: Nikola Tesla
- Narrado por: Adriel Brandt
- Duración: 18 m
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Nikola Tesla believed the universe was never bound to spiritual or natural laws, but is in essence a machine where we are but a mere part of. In this 1915 text Tesla applies the mechanical theory of life to the greater events of the time such as the war and the earthquake in Italy. He states that the man as a machine is joined in a universal wheelwork that feeds cosmic disturbances to our world and as a result introduces calamities that are, in the great scheme of things, not at all arbitrary but interconnected.
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Philosophy perfectly blended
- De DeviantCreation en 05-31-20
De: Nikola Tesla
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Tesla: Man Out of Time
- De: Margaret Cheney
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey, Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 13 h y 34 m
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From Tesla's childhood in Yugoslavia to his death in New York in the 1940s, Cheney paints a compelling human portrait and chronicles a lifetime of discoveries that radically altered - and continue to alter - the world in which we live. Tesla: Man Out of Time is an in-depth look at the seminal accomplishments of a scientific wizard and a thoughtful examination of the obsessions and eccentricities of the man behind the science.
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Good but very dated.
- De Mr Smith en 08-09-15
De: Margaret Cheney
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The Nikola Tesla Collection
- De: Nikola Tesla
- Narrado por: Adriel Brandt
- Duración: 7 h y 59 m
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This is the most comprehensive compilation of newspaper clippings and periodical articles assembled about Nikola Tesla. The entries range from August 14, 1886, to December 11, 1920. Comprising approximately 1,700 separate items, the collection includes both American and British publications and is reproduced directly from the original material.
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- De Cold Electric Hardware en 09-12-21
De: Nikola Tesla
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Tesla
- Wizard at War: The Genius, the Particle Beam Weapon, and the Pursuit of Power
- De: Marc J. Seifer
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
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Drawing on 40 years of research and a treasure trove of new information, Tesla: Wizard at War provides a comprehensive view of Tesla's discoveries, which continue to influence today's military technology and diplomatic strategies. One of the world's leading Tesla experts, Marc J. Seifer, offers new insight into the brilliant scientist's particle beam weapon (aka the "Death Ray") and explores his military negotiations with pivotal historical figures - including his links to Joseph Stalin, Vannevar Bush, General Andrew McNaughton, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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- De Ashton Zee en 12-13-21
De: Marc J. Seifer
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My Inventions
- The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla
- De: Nikola Tesla
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 2 h y 44 m
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Written by Nikola Tesla at the age of 63, this autobiography is a fascinating glimpse into the interior life of a man who may have contributed more to the fields of electricity, radio, and television than any other person living or dead, a man certainly possessed of genius, and one who some consider the most important man of the 20th century.
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very interesting and nicely personal
- De ayooys en 12-17-20
De: Nikola Tesla
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Wizard
- The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius
- De: Marc J. Seifer
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 22 h y 13 m
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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.
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Tesla was a hundred years ahead of his time
- De Jean en 01-28-12
De: Marc J. Seifer
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How Cosmic Forces Shape Our Destinies
- De: Nikola Tesla
- Narrado por: Adriel Brandt
- Duración: 18 m
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Nikola Tesla believed the universe was never bound to spiritual or natural laws, but is in essence a machine where we are but a mere part of. In this 1915 text Tesla applies the mechanical theory of life to the greater events of the time such as the war and the earthquake in Italy. He states that the man as a machine is joined in a universal wheelwork that feeds cosmic disturbances to our world and as a result introduces calamities that are, in the great scheme of things, not at all arbitrary but interconnected.
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- De DeviantCreation en 05-31-20
De: Nikola Tesla
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The Problem of Increasing Human Energy
- De: Nikola Tesla
- Narrado por: Ryan Jarvis
- Duración: 2 h y 27 m
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Written in 1900 by Nikola Tesla, this book gives great ideas on automation, agriculture, energy, and increasing human output to improve the human condition.
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boring
- De Amazon Customer nutbutter en 09-10-17
De: Nikola Tesla
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Tesla
- Inventor of the Modern
- De: Richard Munson
- Narrado por: Charles Constant
- Duración: 9 h y 10 m
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Nikola Tesla, a Serbian immigrant, invented the radio, the induction motor, the neon lamp, and the remote control. Tesla's personal life was magnificently bizarre. Strikingly handsome and impeccably dressed, he was germophobic and never shook hands. He required nine napkins when he sat down to dinner. In later years, he ate only white food and conversed with the pigeons in Bryant Park. This clear, authoritative, and highly enjoyable biography takes account of all phases of this remarkable life.
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Listening Again
- De Thompson en 11-18-19
De: Richard Munson
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My Inventions
- The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla
- De: Nikola Tesla
- Narrado por: Jason McCoy
- Duración: 2 h y 34 m
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In "My Inventions," Nikola Tesla, the visionary engineer often overshadowed by Edison, speaks for himself. This 1919 collection of articles offers a captivating blend of personal anecdotes, humorous reflections, and profound insights into his extraordinary creations. Listeners travel alongside Tesla as he recounts his childhood fascination with electricity, his pivotal role in developing the alternating current system, and his groundbreaking work on wireless communication, robotics, and even harnessing cosmic energy.
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- De Pete en 03-11-24
De: Nikola Tesla
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Autobiography Collection: Henry Ford, Nikola Tesla, and Benjamin Franklin
- De: Henry Ford, Nikola Tesla, Benjamin Franklin
- Narrado por: Jonathan Waters
- Duración: 17 h y 39 m
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This autobiography collection contains My Life and Work: The Autobiography of Henry Ford, My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla, and The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.
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- De Steve Agnew en 01-28-20
De: Henry Ford, y otros
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Circuit Engineering: The Beginner's Guide to Electronic Circuits, Semi-Conductors, Circuit Boards, and Basic Electronics
- De: Solis Tech
- Narrado por: Millian Quinteros
- Duración: 1 h y 36 m
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Is circuit engineering what you want to learn? Always wondered how one becomes an electrical engineer? Do semiconductors and circuit boards interest you? Purchase Circuit Engineering to discover everything you need to know about basic electronics. Step by step to increase your electrical skills. Learn the anatomy of a circuit. All your basic knowledge in one download!
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rare citations, technical procedure, or theory
- De Amazon Customer en 02-22-17
De: Solis Tech
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Edison
- De: Edmund Morris
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 25 h y 5 m
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Although Thomas Alva Edison was the most famous American of his time, and remains an international name today, he is mostly remembered only for the gift of universal electric light. His invention of the first practical incandescent lamp 140 years ago so dazzled the world - already reeling from his invention of the phonograph and dozens of other revolutionary devices - that it cast a shadow over his later achievements. In all, this near-deaf genius patented 1,093 inventions, not including others, such as the X-ray fluoroscope, that he left unlicensed for the benefit of medicine.
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Editors should stand up to Pulitzer winner
- De Porter en 12-03-19
De: Edmund Morris
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Nikola Tesla: Biography of a True Genius
- De: Luke Johnston
- Narrado por: John Grant
- Duración: 3 h y 37 m
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With excerpts from Tesla’s autobiography and insight from those who knew him best, this book aims to shed new light on the unique visionary and inspire the next generation of scientists. The story of Tesla will leave you feeling mournful for his sad fate, moved by his never-ending pursuit of a better future, and inspired by his enthusiasm.
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very informative
- De Kindle Customer en 03-20-22
De: Luke Johnston
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The People's Tycoon
- Henry Ford and the American Century
- De: Steven Watts
- Narrado por: John H. Mayer
- Duración: 29 h y 20 m
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How a Michigan farm boy became the richest man in America is a classic, almost mythic tale, but never before has Henry Ford's outsized genius been brought to life so vividly as it is in this engaging and superbly researched biography. The real Henry Ford was a tangle of contradictions. He set off the consumer revolution by producing a car affordable to the masses, all the while lamenting the moral toll exacted by consumerism.
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50% Longer than it needed to be.
- De Chris en 04-06-13
De: Steven Watts
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Modern Esoteric
- Beyond Our Senses
- De: Brad Olsen
- Narrado por: Brad Olsen
- Duración: 33 h y 43 m
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Modern Esoteric examines the flaws in modern history and looks at how conspiracy theories, esoteric knowledge, and fringe subjects can be used to help change the dead-end course humanity seems to be following. The Lifeology section explores the long "alternative narrative" of life on this planet. In the Control section, author Brad Olsen examines how Big Brother is here in the New World Order, and how they keep the knowledge of humankind's true nature from the mass population. Finally, the Thrive section looks at all the ways humans are evolving to achieve their full potential.
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Conspiracy Theory Manifesto
- De Nikki T en 12-11-18
De: Brad Olsen
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The Electric War
- Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Light the World
- De: Mike Winchell
- Narrado por: Greg Tremblay
- Duración: 5 h y 33 m
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In the mid- to late-19th century, a burgeoning science called electricity promised to shine new light on a rousing nation. Inventive and ambitious minds were hard at work. Soon that spark was fanned, and a war was under way to be the first to light - and run - the world with electricity. Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of direct current (DC), engaged in a brutal battle with Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse, the inventors of alternating current (AC). There would be no ties in this race - only a winner and a loser - and the prize was a nationwide monopoly in electric current.
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Very well written!
- De Amanda McCoy en 07-17-19
De: Mike Winchell
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Einstein
- His Life and Universe
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 21 h y 30 m
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Why we think it’s a great listen: You thought he was a stodgy scientist with funny hair, but Isaacson and Hermann reveal an eloquent, intense, and selfless human being who not only shaped science with his theories, but politics and world events in the 20th century as well. Based on the newly released personal letters of Albert Einstein, Walter Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos.
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Surprise: Two books in one!
- De Henrik en 04-20-07
De: Walter Isaacson
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Empires of Light
- Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
- De: Jill Jonnes
- Narrado por: Chris Sorensen
- Duración: 16 h y 51 m
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In the final decades of the 19th century, three brilliant and visionary titans of America's Gilded Age - Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse - battled as each vied to create a vast and powerful electrical empire. In Empires of Light, historian Jill Jonnes portrays this extraordinary trio and their riveting and ruthless world of cutting-edge science, invention, intrigue, money, death, and hard-eyed Wall Street millionaires.
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- De DuPont en 06-15-17
De: Jill Jonnes
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Tesla
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Illuminating in a wireless way
I think this has to be the best books about Tesla. This is really a very, very complex subject because so much modern life that we recognize was forming during this time. International travel, mechanized devices - especially ships and trains and early cars, refrigeration, all need alternating current in some form to work. In retrospect, Tesla needed a much more modern manager to help him then existed... and maybe JP Morgan needed a better science adviser. Tesla (in this book) comes across like a typical university research fellow when he probably wasn’t. but this was so long ago. I think as the author seems to say, that Tesla later in life, has mental health issues. I think it’s a shame that Westinghouse (company) doesn’t come to terms with him much earlier in his life. It’s possible that Marconi legal problems might have been handled better that way. Morgan probably could have “forced” Westinghouse to deal with Tesla instead of getting into that wardenclyffe stuff but hindsight always makes things look easy. Anyway, great book in audio format since, for me, the language of Tesla’s era is easier to make sense of when heard rather than read.
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Tesla Needed A Manager
What made the experience of listening to Tesla the most enjoyable?
The style of writing was easy to follow (not as detailed as Israel ' s book on Edison) and the presentation was easy to listen to and enjoyable.
What other book might you compare Tesla to and why?
Israel ' s book on Edison. Carlson focused more on what Tesla was like as a person; explaining that his pursuit of allusion was his downfall. If Charles Peck hadn't died in 1890 the Tesla story might have been a lot different. He had a sense of the market and seemed to be able to get Tesla focused and keep him focused until he had a commercially viable product.
Edison on the other hand was a virtual engineering machine. The two men were quite different. Israel seemed to struggle with covering all of Edison ' s work; so much so that you don't get inside the man as much as Carlson ' s presentation of Tesla. I think I would like to read a biography of Edison written by Carlson.
I have yet to read Jill Jones book "Empires of Light". Maybe she provides the comparison that I am looking for.
Have you listened to any of Allan Robertson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Tesla: What happened? The Shocking Truth!
Any additional comments?
I definitely recommend this book. Carlson does a great job explaining the people who invent and what brings them success and failure.
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- 11-25-16
Brilliant mind
The true master of electricity. Genius inventor of most electrical applications and products used today. A genius who put people first.
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- jesse white
- 02-09-23
great listen for me.
I am loving this book. I can't wait to give it another listen. Very technical but still very interesting.
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- Bjarne
- 01-19-15
Meeting the Jobs of nineteenth century
Interesting and entertaining story of an inventive, brilliant but highly particular personality. A clear reminder of the importance of delivering on promises.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-30-17
fascinating study of Tesla
realistic disclosure of Tesla , the man , inventor and illusionist . Well researched, excellent read.
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- PerryMartinBookReviews
- 02-03-15
Technical book on Tesla
This scientific book about Nikola Tesla Narrated by Allan Robinson and written by W. Bernard Carlson is a great overview of Tesla, his inventions and his humanity. This book explores his ideas, his successes and his failures. It reads like a History Channel Documentary, but Allan Robinsos's narration makes it an enjoyable listen. I would suggest you have Internet access when listening so you can see pictures of Tesla's inventions to give you visual of what you hearing about.
I found out many things I did not know about Tesla. I was surprised that Tesla traveled as much as he did as travel was difficult in early 1900's. This story is not a puff piece but looks at Tesla's flaws and success equally drawing no conclusions but presenting the facts.
If you are a history buff this book is a great listen.
I purchased this book for my own entertainment.
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- Tom L Parker
- 01-25-22
Too technical
I made it through the entire book but I found myself drifting off frequently. Far more technical information than I wanted or understood. I was hoping for more about the man.
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- John Coppolella
- 10-29-19
Fantastic integration of Nikola Tesla a humanitari
Tesla was a comet. How trail showedus a sweeping array of vigor and imagination that within a the confined of his very human heart changed the world and left us a blueprint of a maverick.
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- Jean
- 02-01-14
A detailed examination of Tesla's work
I have read everything I can get my hands on about Tesla. I first learned of him during my course work at University. The basic unit of magnetic field is named after him. He developed alternating current, radio transmission and FM radio, wireless transmission of electrical power; he was ahead of Roentgen in the invention of photographic process of producing x-ray. He is known for the Tesla coil, induction motor, rotary transformers, high frequency alternators, the Tesla oscillator and many more. This is the newest biographical book on Tesla. The book covers both the biographical life of Tesla but goes into greater detail about the technical aspects of his invention and theoretical work. In fact it could be titled the history of electricity in the 19th and early 20th century. The author takes the reader into the scientific mindset of the 19th century and compares it today. The book is objective and even handed about Tesla’s accomplishments and life. I find this objectivity critical to any book about Tesla as in recent decades he has been mythologized in the public imagination. The author goes into great detail about the various ways inventions are created by inventors and why some need marketing to create a demand and others do not. Professor Carlson also explained that Tesla like many inventors needed a business person to keep him focus on feasible inventions and provided the financial backing and marketing. Unfortunately for Tesla the key business man in his life died when Tesla was at his peak and Tesla was never able to replace him. But the patent attorney stayed with him for years. I enjoyed reading this book; it gave me an excellent understanding of Tesla’s inventions and theories. A caution to those readers that are less technically inclined this book is heavy into technical detail but written in an understanding way. I particularly enjoyed the last two chapters of the book, I thought Carlson did an excellent job of summarizing all the data he presented and his notes by various books about Tesla are helpful. Tesla’s work has pioneered the way for many inventions in the past few decades that we take for granted. He was a man ahead of his time. Allan Robertson did an excellent job in narrating the book.
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