Recommended Nikola Tesla reading

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Original poster: "RMC by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <RMC-at-richardcraven.plus-dot-com>

I thought I'd briefly mention my experiences with a recent couple of books
for those of us who would enjoy reading about the man and his work as well
as specific TC related stuff.

I have read Margaret Cheney's "Man Out of Time" and John J Oneill's
"Prodigal genius" a few years ago. More recently I have read "The Man Who
Invented the 20th Century" by Robert Lomas (Headline, 1999) and "Wizard" by
Marc J Seifer (Citadel, 1996).

I thoroughly recommend reading both of these latter books in the order
mentioned. Lomas' book is an easy-to-follow account of Tesla's ife and the
way in which he and his inventions were used and abused. It explains why he
rose to fame and fell into obscurity, and identifies the people responsible
for his changes in fortune.

Seifer explores in extraordinary detail, with an astounding number of
cross-refernces, the times that Tesla lived in, the psychology of the man
and does a very very thorough job of detailing why the things that happened
to Tesla did occur.

I wish I had the time and resources to explore all of the refernces in
Seifer's book - I am just about to re-read the Lomas book to clarify inmy
mind some of the details. All I can say is that it is tragic how , and
perhaps more significantly *why* Tesla has been overlooked. I feel that he
should be as much of a household name as Einstein or Newton Gallileo or Da
Vinci, and I am only now beginning to understand why this is not the case.

I hope that people will excuse this slightly off-topic post but I wanted to
share how much I hadenjoyed these books with people who I feel would be
similarly-minded.

Cheers

RMC, England