Best Book Written on Nikola Tesla
I recently finished reading W. Bernard Carlson's book on Nikola Tesla, entitled "Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age".
This is actually the first book I've read on Nikola Tesla as I got tired of just hearsay and random youtube videos on his life.
Mr. Carlson does a great job of getting into the details of Tesla's early life, his middle life, and his demise.
The truly interesting part for me was actually his business dealings, and all the various characters that worked with him and surrounded Tesla as he went on innovating during an era of rapid electrification and industrialization of the modern era.
The closest analogy I can think of has been the internet age in terms of rapid change and interesting characters.
The truth is that electrification of society was so much harder and more complicated, I think its truly hard for the average person today to appreciate how much detailed effort went into innovation in those times, a little over a 100 years ago.
I think also that the level of business acumen that existed back then is astonishing; the real life characters in this book like Peck, Brown, Adams, and Westinghouse, are almost if not more interesting than Tesla himself.
I highly recommend this book, and I've attached an Amazon link here to preview or read more reviews.
This is actually the first book I've read on Nikola Tesla as I got tired of just hearsay and random youtube videos on his life.
Mr. Carlson does a great job of getting into the details of Tesla's early life, his middle life, and his demise.
The truly interesting part for me was actually his business dealings, and all the various characters that worked with him and surrounded Tesla as he went on innovating during an era of rapid electrification and industrialization of the modern era.
The closest analogy I can think of has been the internet age in terms of rapid change and interesting characters.
The truth is that electrification of society was so much harder and more complicated, I think its truly hard for the average person today to appreciate how much detailed effort went into innovation in those times, a little over a 100 years ago.
I think also that the level of business acumen that existed back then is astonishing; the real life characters in this book like Peck, Brown, Adams, and Westinghouse, are almost if not more interesting than Tesla himself.
I highly recommend this book, and I've attached an Amazon link here to preview or read more reviews.
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