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3) Nikola Tesla
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Presents a short biography of inventor Nikola Tesla through a series of infographics, highlighting his inventions, patents, eccentricities, and lasting legacy. Includes a glossary.
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The Invention of Everything Else is a luminous imagining of an unlikely friendship between the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla and a young hotel chambermaid. Louisa, obsessed with radio dramas and the secret lives of the hotel guests, first catches sight of the hotel’s most famous resident on New Year’s Day, 1943, and is determined to befriend the strange man. As they share their mutual affinity for pigeons, Louisa begins to piece together
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A new house and a new attic hold untold mysteries for fourteen-year-old Nick, his younger brother, and new friends Mitch, Caitlin, and Vincent. The attic, it seems, was the genius Nikola Tesla's storehouse for his final invention, which needs to be assembled before use--unfortunately a garage sale scatters Tesla's individual items before Nick finds out. Now Nick must reassemble the items and keep them safe before they fall into the wrong hands.
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"Born at the stroke of midnight during a lightning storm, Nikola Tesla grew up to become one of the most important electrical inventors in the world. But before working with electricity, he was a child who loved playing with the animals on his family's farm in Serbia. An inventor since childhood, Tesla's patents encompassed everything from radar and remote-control technology to wireless communications. But his greatest invention was the AC induction...
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Presents a biography of Nikola Tesla, the man who invented radio, robots, remote control, and the electric induction motor and alternating current, which is the basis of the modern electric grid. Explores why Tesla has been more or less overlooked by history, aspects of his life that arguably makes him a genius, and highlights the quirks of his personality that made him an enigma--like being an extreme germaphobe and never shaking hands with anyone....
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Cousins Patrick and Beth travel to 1923 New York City and meet inventor Nikola Tesla. He might be able to fix the Imagination Station, but they must try to keep the machine's purpose secret. Then Patrick finds an old friend, Eugene Meltsner, who has his own secrets to keep.
14) Edison's alley
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Fourteen-year-old Nick continues to follow the pieces of Tesla's Far Range Energy Emitter--the last device made by the famous scientist that will, reportedly, be able to give free energy to the world. Members of the shadowy group Accelerati are after the pieces as well, but Nick knows they will not use the device for good. The race is on to find the rest of the pieces, even as a dangerous electromagnetic storm is brewing.
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Here is the story of the ambitious young man who brought life-changing ideas to America, despite the obstructive efforts of his hero-turned-rival, Thomas Edison. From using alternating current to light up the Chicago World's Fair to harnessing Niagara to electrify New York City and beyond, Nikola Tesla was a revolutionary ahead of his time. Remote controls, fluorescent lights, X-rays, speedometers, cell phones, even the radio -- all resulted from...
16) Nikola Tesla
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Provides a simple biography of electrical engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla, describing his childhood in Serbia, his interest in electricity, and his inventions. Tells how Nikola developed the alternating current electricity supply system that made possible the transfer of electricity over great distances. Includes a timeline and biographical information.