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"[A] penetrating biography…Munson makes vivid the genius’s eventful life." —Barbara Kiser, Nature

Nikola Tesla invented radio, robots, and remote control. His electric induction motors run our appliances and factories. In the early 1900s, he designed plans for cell phones, the Internet, death-ray weapons, and interstellar communication. His ideas have lived on to shape the modern economy, yet he has been largely overlooked by history. In Tesla, Richard Munson presents a comprehensive portrait of this farsighted and underappreciated mastermind. Drawing on letters, technological notebooks, and other primary sources, Munson pieces together the magnificently bizarre personal life and mental habits of the enigmatic inventor whose most famous inventions were the product of a mind fueled by both the humanities and sciences—Tesla conceived the induction motor while walking through a park and reciting Goethe’s Faust. Clear, authoritative, and highly readable, Tesla takes into account all the phases of Tesla’s remarkable life and career.

About the Author

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Richard Munson is the author of several books, including Tesla: Inventor of the Modern. He lives in the Midwest.

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Tesla’s life was rich in fascinating incident and characters—and, above all, spectacle.… Munson tells the story engagingly.
— Thomas Morris - Times Literary Supplement

A detailed and vivid glimpse of the competitive world of electrical innovation at the end of the 19th century.
— Christopher Priest - Spectator