Tesla's autobiography, originally printed as a series of six magazine articles in The Electrical Experimenter magazine. Complete with all original plus 6 additional illustrations.
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My Inventions has been the primary source for all Tesla biographers. Editor Ben Johnston has a 16 page introduction that traces Tesla's career through a maze of sensationalism and controversy.
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The reclusive, brilliant engineer who:
Invented the Niagra power system that made Edison's obsolete Sold Westinghouse 40 patents that broke a General Electric monopoly Discovered the radio methods that Marconi converted into a fortune Built a radio-guided torpedo before Ford ended the horse-and-buggy era Tried, with J.P. Morgan's backing, to change the earths electric charge! Joined giants Ampere, Watt, and Volta in history's most select circle when the world scientists named a new unit of magnetism and Tesla.
Invented the Niagra power system that made Edison's obsolete Sold Westinghouse 40 patents that broke a General Electric monopoly Discovered the radio methods that Marconi converted into a fortune Built a radio-guided torpedo before Ford ended the horse-and-buggy era Tried, with J.P. Morgan's backing, to change the earths electric charge! Joined giants Ampere, Watt, and Volta in history's most select circle when the world scientists named a new unit of magnetism and Tesla.
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55 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The title describes it - Not My Life - My Inventions,
By "deinonychus" (Denver) - See all my reviews
This review is from: My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla (Paperback)
The introduction material in this book written by Ben Johnston is well prepared, informative, and brief. It is a good introduction to the rest of the book which is Tesla's writing.Tesla's own words can be tedious, but hey the language has changed a bit in the last 100 years. He takes a few rabbit trails and talks much of his inventions not what he thinks and feels. I would really like to know why he liked pigeons so much but he never says. What Tesla doesn't say, gives us insights to what is important to him. No serious study of Tesla can neglect this work. For a more in-depth historical biography of the man see, Margaret Cheney's "Tesla, Man out of Time". ISBN 0-88029-419-1
82 of 87 people found the following review helpful:
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Autobiography, easy to read,
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This review is from: My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla (Paperback)
You can read this book in a weekend and it's very interesting.
It's his autobiography, his inventions. It's available free on the internet in pdf. You should buy "A man out of Time" instead.
40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
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Very Personal,
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This review is from: My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla (Paperback)
This is a very personal look at this inventor's life. Unlike many other biographies this autobiography tells us specifically what Tesla's reason were. Tesla also tells many very personal and insightful stories about himself. Many other works site this one because of its invaluable reference. Tells much about the inventor in abridged way.
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Nikola Tesla wrote the six magazine articles comprising My Inventions in 1919, when he was 63 years old and well past the peak of his career. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Nikola Tesla, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, United States, Real Gymnasium New!
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Nikola Tesla wrote the six magazine articles comprising My Inventions in 1919, when he was 63 years old and well past the peak of his career. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Nikola Tesla, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, United States, Real Gymnasium New!
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