Re: Recommended Nikola Tesla reading

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Original poster: "Jon Rosenstiel by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jonandcarol-at-adelphia-dot-net>

Thanks for the tips on the Tesla books. I found them both at
http://www.abebooks-dot-com/  for around $10.00 (Used) I'll try to read them in
the order you recommend, but if Seifer's book arrives first.... well, I
guess I'll just have to read it first!

Jon Rosenstiel


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Subject: Recommended Nikola Tesla reading


 > 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
 >
 >
 >