Re: Recommended Nikola Tesla reading

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Original poster: "Bert Hickman by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>

Jon and all,

Also, you may want to get one of the best technical resources covering 
Tesla's earlier works, "Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola 
Tesla" written by Tesla's friend and fellow EE, Thomas C. Martin. It's a 
496 page hardcover "steal" at $7.98 from Barnes and Noble.

Best regards,

-- Bert --
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Tesla list wrote:
>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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>Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 11:54 AM
>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
>  >
>  >
>  >
>
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