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Sto caricando le informazioni... Tesla : inventor de la era eléctrica (edizione 2024)di W. Bernard Carlson, Laura Sánchez Fernández
Informazioni sull'operaTesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age di W. Bernard Carlson
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. In modern times, Telsa is thrown using terms like "conspiracy" and "magic". His legacy has been revived in recent years, with theories about "the government" holding back various inventions of his. Even The Oatmeal (web comic) has jumped on board crediting Tesla as the inventor of just about everything electrical and wireless in the last 150 years. This book puts these in perspective and helps separate the truth from the myth. The truth is, he was a very smart inventor at a time when a lot of major technical inventions were coming into being. Tesla made his money (which would be 10s of millions in todays dollars) by patenting his work and leasing it out to other companies. This goes against some of the Tesla conspiracy theories that circulate today. What was interesting to me was that Tesla seemed myopic in pursuit of wireless power transfer, which eventually would bankrupt him. During this time he neglected radio transmission (which let Marcone take credit) and he overlooked X-rays in his experiments, only realizing them after someone else made the discovery. Tesla seemed like a nerd who loved thinking of world changing electronics, but not always with a plan on how to roll them out to the world who would use them. This, coupled with a love for living the high life, meant that he was dreaming big and living big, but was not able to continually raise more funds needed to make wireless power a reality. This was a great biography of the famed inventor. All the little anecdotes, mixed with the important details of his life, were here and made me wonder and think about both Tesla and his creations. Tesla lived a difficult life, and this is all established here and expounded upon. A well done biography that people should read. 4.5 stars! nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of modern AC electricity, and contributed to the development of radio and television. Like his competitor Thomas Edison, Tesla was one of America's first celebrity scientists, enjoying the company of New York high society and dazzling the likes of Mark Twain with his electrical demonstrations. An astute self-promoter and gifted showman, he cultivated a public image of the eccentric genius. Even at the end of his life when he was living in poverty, Tesla still attracted reporters to his annual birthday interview, regaling them with claims that he had invented a particle-beam weapon capable of bringing down enemy aircraft. Plenty of biographies glamorize Tesla and his eccentricities, but until now none has carefully examined what, how, and why he invented. In this groundbreaking book, W. Bernard Carlson demystifies the legendary inventor, placing him within the cultural and technological context of his time, and focusing on his inventions themselves as well as the creation and maintenance of his celebrity. Drawing on original documents from Tesla's private and public life, Carlson shows how he was an "idealist" inventor who sought the perfect experimental realization of a great idea or principle, and who skillfully sold his inventions to the public through mythmaking and illusion. This major biography sheds new light on Tesla's visionary approach to invention and the business strategies behind his most important technological breakthroughs. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Nikola Tesla kiemelkedő szerepet játszott abban az elektromos forradalomban, amelynek hatására a 20. század fordulóján átalakult a mindennapi élet. Találmányai, szabadalmai és elméleti munkái számos modern váltakozó áramú berendezés megépítéséhez vezettek, és hozzájárultak a rádió és a televízió kifejlesztéséhez. Riválisához, Thomas Edisonhoz hasonlóan Tesla egyike volt Amerika első tudós hírességeinek, aki a New York-i felső tízezer köreiben forgott, és elektromos bemutatóival elkápráztatta Mark Twaint. Egy ügyes és tehetséges showman, aki a nyilvánosság felé a különc zseni képét mutatta. Minden évben születésnapi interjút adott, amelyre még élete végén is, amikor szegénységben élt, kíváncsiak voltak a riporterek, akiknek szórakoztatására azt mesélte, hogy feltalált egy részecskesugár fegyvert, amellyel el lehet pusztítani az ellenséges repülőgépeket. Számos életrajz beszél elragadtatással Tesláról és az ő különcségéről, de eddig egyik sem vizsgálta meg gondosan, hogy mit, hogyan, és miért talált fel. Ebben a korszakalkotó könyvben W. Bernard Carlson demisztifikálja a legendás feltalálót, és elhelyezi őt korának kulturális és technikai közegében, miközben részletesen bemutatja Tesla találmányait és azt, hogy mit tett hírnevének megalapozása és fenntartása érdekében.
Carlson Tesla magánéletéből és a nyilvánosság előtt játszódó életéből vett eredeti dokumentumok segítségével mutatja be az idealista feltalálót, aki egy nagy ötlet vagy elv tökéletes kísérleti megvalósítását kereste, és aki mítoszgyártás és illúziókeltés segítségével ügyesen eladta találmányait a közönségnek. Ez a nagyszabású életrajz új megvilágításba helyezi Tesla látnoki megközelítését a feltaláláshoz és a legjelentősebb technikai áttörései mögött meghúzódó üzleti stratégiákat.