{"product_id":"tesla-marko-perko-9781633887725","title":"Tesla: His Tremendous and Troubled Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe enigmatic Nikola Tesla--stalked by his ever-present inner demons--invents the modern world. His astonishing story is that of a new-age god, a genius, a Zeus, a wonderful Wizard, yet a deeply troubled one. He tames the mysterious force called \"electricity;\" he dazzles the world with his endless inventions and discoveries; he blazes new paths in science that profoundly impact our daily lives; he turns fantasies into realities; his thought experiments disrupt scientific norms; he gives us many of the indispensable tools we use today; and famous actresses and chanteuses clamor for his attention as powerful men desire to be his friend . . . all before an astonished world. Yet all the while he keeps his own counsel, as he simultaneously struggles with the challenging consequences of bipolar disorder: flights of manic energy alternating with depressive depths of great despair. He shuns the clich駸 of a quotidian life, while forever seeking to \"lift the burdens from the shoulders of mankind.\" It would become his lifelong leitmotif, but at what cost to him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors Marko Perko and Stephen M. Stahl, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., propose a \"new- style biography\" entitled T E S L A: His Tremendous and Troubled Life. They will examine Nikola Tesla in a manner that has yet to be accomplished in publishing history―asking and answering the seminal question: Who was the real man with an extremely complex psyche\/personality, who lived with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and a hyperthymic temperament spilling over at times into high flying bipolar mania and then crashing into devastating depression--and not simply the iconoclastic scientist who invented the modern world?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marko Perko, Stephen M. Stahl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1633887723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781633887725\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Prometheus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.38w x 1.14d","brand":"Marko Perko","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43994664206591,"sku":"9781633887725","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_876f2731-0c23-4c6c-a02f-28639a9deec1.jpg?v=1683331471","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tesla-marko-perko-9781633887725","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}