Tesla: Man Out of Time
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Tesla: Man Out of Time (ISBN 0743215362) is a biography of Nikola Tesla
by Margaret Cheney
. Tesla laid the foundation for the rotating magnetic field
, alternating current
devices, robotics, computers, and missile science. Cheney details Tesla's childhood in Yugoslavia to his death in New York in the 1940s. The book's focus is largely on Tesla's personality and not his inventions.
s, Wireless
, Electric power transmission
, Marconi Wireless, Zmaj, Death ray
, Polyphase
People: George Scherff, George Westinghouse
, Peter II of Yugoslavia
, Katharine Johnson, J. P. Morgan
, Michael I. Pupin, Anne Morgan, Mark Twain
, Thomas Edison
, Guglielmo Marconi
Locations: Colorado Springs, Belgrade
, Budapest
, Pittsburgh, Gospic
, Ogulin
, Buffalo
, Graz
, Chicago
, Bridgeport
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...
by Margaret Cheney
Description
Tesla: Man Out of Time describes the life of Nikola TeslaNikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...
. Tesla laid the foundation for the rotating magnetic field
Rotating magnetic field
A rotating magnetic field is a magnetic field which changes direction at a constant angular rate. This is a key principle in the operation of the alternating-current motor. Nikola Tesla claimed in his autobiography that he identified the concept of the rotating magnetic field in 1882. In 1885,...
, alternating current
Alternating current
In alternating current the movement of electric charge periodically reverses direction. In direct current , the flow of electric charge is only in one direction....
devices, robotics, computers, and missile science. Cheney details Tesla's childhood in Yugoslavia to his death in New York in the 1940s. The book's focus is largely on Tesla's personality and not his inventions.
Contents / Chapters
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Modern Prometheus
- A Gambling Man
- Immigrants of Distinction
- At the Court of Mr Edison
- The War of the Currents Begins
- Order of the Flaming Sword
- Radio
- High Society
- High Road Low Road
- Robots
- Hurler of Lightning
- Blackout at Colorado
- Magnificent and Doomed
- Ridiculed Condemned Combatted
- The Great Radio Controversy
- Midstream Perils
- The Nobel Affair
- Flying Stove
- Radar
- The Guest of Honor
- Pigeons
- Transitions
- The Birthday Parties
- Corks on Water
- Cosmic Communion
- Death and Transfiguration
- The Missing Papers
- The Legacy
- Bibliographical Essay
- Reference Notes
- Postscript
- Index
See also
General: VoltVolt
The volt is the SI derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference, and electromotive force. The volt is named in honor of the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta , who invented the voltaic pile, possibly the first chemical battery.- Definition :A single volt is defined as the...
s, Wireless
Wireless
Wireless telecommunications is the transfer of information between two or more points that are not physically connected. Distances can be short, such as a few meters for television remote control, or as far as thousands or even millions of kilometers for deep-space radio communications...
, Electric power transmission
Electric power transmission
Electric-power transmission is the bulk transfer of electrical energy, from generating power plants to Electrical substations located near demand centers...
, Marconi Wireless, Zmaj, Death ray
Death ray
The death ray or death beam was a theoretical particle beam or electromagnetic weapon of the 1920s through the 1930s that was claimed to have been invented independently by Nikola Tesla, Edwin R. Scott, Harry Grindell Matthews, and Graichen, as well as others...
, Polyphase
Polyphase
Polyphase may refer to:* Polyphase matrix, in signal processing* Polyphase system, in electrical engineering* Polyphasic sleep...
People: George Scherff, George Westinghouse
George Westinghouse
George Westinghouse, Jr was an American entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry. Westinghouse was one of Thomas Edison's main rivals in the early implementation of the American electricity system...
, Peter II of Yugoslavia
Peter II of Yugoslavia
Peter II, also known as Peter II Karađorđević , was the third and last King of Yugoslavia...
, Katharine Johnson, J. P. Morgan
J. P. Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan was an American financier, banker and art collector who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation during his time. In 1892 Morgan arranged the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric Company to form General Electric...
, Michael I. Pupin, Anne Morgan, Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
, Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. In addition, he created the world’s first industrial...
, Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...
Locations: Colorado Springs, Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Pittsburgh, Gospic
Gospic
Gospić is a town in the mountainous and sparsely populated region of Lika, Croatia. It is the administrative centre of Lika-Senj county. Gospić is located near the Lika River in the middle of a karst field....
, Ogulin
Ogulin
Ogulin is a town in north-western Croatia, in Karlovac County. It has a population of 8,712 , and a total municipal population of 15,054...
, Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
, Graz
Graz
The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
, Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Bridgeport
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...