{"product_id":"nikola-tesla-estelle-monk-9781774855720","title":"Nikola Tesla: Prophet of the Modern Technological Age (The Captivating Life of the Prophet of the Electronic Age)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObsessive, brilliant, and tortured, nikola tesla was lauded for his invention of the alternating current (ac), and other significant contributions to science. His claim that \"harnessing the forces of nature was the only worthwhile scientific endeavor\" both impressed and enraged the scientific community. Eventually, his peers could no longer dismiss his eccentricities and began to view him as a crackpot - a potentially dangerous one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside you will read about...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlternating current and the induction motor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePatents, radio and x-rays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWardenclyffe years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePersonal life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLater years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 things you never knew about nikola tesla\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd much more!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNikola tesla pursued his ideas for wireless lighting and worldwide wireless electric power distribution in his high-voltage, high-frequency power experiments. Tesla explained the principles of the rotating magnetic field in an induction motor by demonstrating how to make a copper egg stand on end, using a device that he constructed known as the egg of columbus and introduced his new steam powered oscillator ac generator.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Estelle Monk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1774855720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781774855720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Dough\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Estelle Monk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074847305983,"sku":"9781774855720","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2418413-b041-4d9b-a96b-f8b589d69bb9.jpg?v=1685456120","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nikola-tesla-estelle-monk-9781774855720","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}