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084    Lz Tesla, Nikola 
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092 0  621.3 Tesla|bengelska 
100 1  Carlson, W. Bernard 
245 10 Tesla :|binventor of the electrical age /|cW. Bernard 
       Carlson 
264  1 Princeton :|bPrinceton University Press,|c2013 
300    500 s. :|bill 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index 
520    "Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical 
       revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the 
       twentieth century. His inventions, patents, and 
       theoretical work formed the basis of modern AC electricity,
       and contributed to the development of radio and 
       television. Like his competitor Thomas Edison, Tesla was 
       one of America's first celebrity scientists, enjoying the 
       company of New York high society and dazzling the likes of
       Mark Twain with his electrical demonstrations. An astute 
       self-promoter and gifted showman, he cultivated a public 
       image of the eccentric genius. Even at the end of his life
       when he was living in poverty, Tesla still attracted 
       reporters to his annual birthday interview, regaling them 
       with claims that he had invented a particle-beam weapon 
       capable of bringing down enemy aircraft. 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"--|cProvided by 
       publisher 
520    "This is a biography of one of the major 20th-century 
       scientists, Nikola Tesla. It is interdisciplinary, 
       containing accounts of U.S. manufacturing in the early 
       1900s and other contemporary cultural materials"--
       |cProvided by publisher 
600 10 Tesla, Nikola,|d1856-1943 
650  0 Electrical engineers|zUnited States|vBiography 
650  0 Inventors|zUnited States|vBiography 
650  7 Uppfinnare|2sao 
650  7 Ingenjörer|2sao 
650  7 Elektronik|xhistoria|2sao 
650  7 Elektromagnetism|2sao 
651  4 Förenta staterna 
655  7 Biografi|2saogf 
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