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riorda15's review against another edition
4.0
Telsa was a weird guy and seemingly very cocky, but I suppose being cocky is the best way to write a autobiography. Needless to say he has the resume to back up his strong words. I will always love the fact that his uncle thought he was a devil as a kid.
taklamakan's review against another edition
3.0
Nikola Tesla is a pure genius and his intelligence far surpasses that of Einstein.
He traveled to America to make the world a better place, but America always makes sure to grind down anyone that cares for the betterment of humanity.
He wanted to make free wireless electricity for the whole world, designed a laser powerful enough to destroy anything (he destroyed his design because he didn't believe humans could use it wisely), he game up with a lot of war patents that belong to the US today, came up for the idea of a phone in the early 1900's, automaton, the X-ray, the radio, the remote control, the induction motor, the light bulb ...
In 1884, Tesla was hired by Thomas Edison and was told that "there was $50,000 in it for him" if he could redesign Edison's inefficient motor and generators. When Tesla did so, Edison laughed and said, "Tesla, you don't understand our American sense of humour".
so schools teaches us shit,Tesla was a great man deserves more praise than he gets. Edison was just a greedy business man, and a great douche.
He traveled to America to make the world a better place, but America always makes sure to grind down anyone that cares for the betterment of humanity.
He wanted to make free wireless electricity for the whole world, designed a laser powerful enough to destroy anything (he destroyed his design because he didn't believe humans could use it wisely), he game up with a lot of war patents that belong to the US today, came up for the idea of a phone in the early 1900's, automaton, the X-ray, the radio, the remote control, the induction motor, the light bulb ...
In 1884, Tesla was hired by Thomas Edison and was told that "there was $50,000 in it for him" if he could redesign Edison's inefficient motor and generators. When Tesla did so, Edison laughed and said, "Tesla, you don't understand our American sense of humour".
so schools teaches us shit,Tesla was a great man deserves more praise than he gets. Edison was just a greedy business man, and a great douche.
serinde4books's review against another edition
This is a book I read because my husband love Nikola Tesla and we are reading a book of his papers together and I wanted to know more about him. Tesla was born in in the village of Smiljan, Vojna Krajina, in the territory of today's Croatia. By birth he was an ethnic Serb, a subject of the Austrian Empire and later in life became an American Citizen. He was a genius inventor and mechanical and electrical engineer. He is frequently cited as one of the most important contributors to the birth of commercial electricity, a man who "shed light over the face of Earth," and is best known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of electricity and magnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tesla's patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current (AC) electric power systems, including the polyphase power distribution systems and the AC motor, with which he helped usher in the Second Industrial Revolution. Tesla was widely respected as one of the greatest electrical engineers who worked in America. Much of his early work pioneered modern electrical engineering and many of his discoveries were of groundbreaking importance. But due to his eccentric personality and his seemingly unbelievable and sometimes bizarre claims about possible scientific and technological developments, Tesla was ultimately ostracized and regarded as a mad scientist. He died impoverished at the age of 86.
Tesla lead an amazing life, in some ways it almost reads like fiction. The diseases he survived and the work he did, but it wasn't, it was true. Some of the book was hard to follow, his mind jumps at light speed. And I won't lie the science was hard for me to follow sometimes. But I think I got the general gist of it all, it will make discussions with my husband easier for sure. Tesla seems to be both a man with great intelligence and great compassion. His desire to improve the world through his inventions is inspiring. I now understand why my husband admire him so much.
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Tesla lead an amazing life, in some ways it almost reads like fiction. The diseases he survived and the work he did, but it wasn't, it was true. Some of the book was hard to follow, his mind jumps at light speed. And I won't lie the science was hard for me to follow sometimes. But I think I got the general gist of it all, it will make discussions with my husband easier for sure. Tesla seems to be both a man with great intelligence and great compassion. His desire to improve the world through his inventions is inspiring. I now understand why my husband admire him so much.
For additional reviews please see my blog at www.adventuresofabibliophile.blogspot.com
brighroosh's review against another edition
3.0
I actually read a similar hard cover with an introduction by Ben Johnston. Goodreads doesn't have it listed. ISBN 0-76070-085-0
My book was a compilation of six magazine articles that Tesla wrote when he was 63 years old. Ben Johnston's 21 page introduction was very good at putting Tesla's writings into perspective, even providing a map of early Austria/Hungary and Yugoslavia the area where he grew up.
Tesla's many musings on his early life, rife with mishaps, influenced his ideas in different ways. Some of the recollections were funny.
He seemed partly to have a superiority complex, putting down stupidity, but also partly to show his lack of confidence until he got older.
The descriptions of his mechanical systems were over my head, but the introduction explained the applications many in use today.
His fantastical ideas for the future seem prescient, as some of those ideas, although in a different guise, have come true today.
An entirely readable book!
My book was a compilation of six magazine articles that Tesla wrote when he was 63 years old. Ben Johnston's 21 page introduction was very good at putting Tesla's writings into perspective, even providing a map of early Austria/Hungary and Yugoslavia the area where he grew up.
Tesla's many musings on his early life, rife with mishaps, influenced his ideas in different ways. Some of the recollections were funny.
He seemed partly to have a superiority complex, putting down stupidity, but also partly to show his lack of confidence until he got older.
The descriptions of his mechanical systems were over my head, but the introduction explained the applications many in use today.
His fantastical ideas for the future seem prescient, as some of those ideas, although in a different guise, have come true today.
An entirely readable book!
aleksandraborenovic's review
5.0
Назив ,,Моји изуми" је толико неприкладан јер о њима пише свега 10%, остатак дела је ,,оооо видите како сам генијалан, је л' даааа, видите како сам осетљив, видите како бацам хејт на Лигу народа и милијардерске фуље, видите како сам духовит, је л' да да то нисте знали". IT WAS A BLAST THO. Would hang out with this guy.
basnett's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
4.0
When a mind starts a conscious flashbacks..
_ash0_'s review against another edition
4.0
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Great book about one of the greatest inventors of all time. Sadly this book is "too" small and he just gives us a very brief glimpse of his inventions and ideas.
I did not know many things about him before reading this book like: Tesla was involved in wireless research, Marconi actually stole the Radio idea from Tesla. I always related Tesla with alternating current and did not know that he was into wireless as well.
I also liked that his main intention for inventing something was not to get applause or make money. He did all the hard work only for the betterment of the society. I admire him for his ideas to unite the world using wireless, using aerial machines as he calls them that revolve around the Earth.
"Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment and merging of races... There is in fact but one race, of many colors."
He was way ahead of his time and people did not encourage many of his brilliant ideas, which is really sad. They thought his ideas were too unpractical(he even mentions that people laughed at his ideas). But we now see those ideas were realistic since many of them have been implemented in real life.
Even though he was a scientist, he strongly believed in God!
I watched a movie sometime back about Tesla - "The Secret of Nikola Tesla(Tajna Nikole Tesla)". This movie went into the details about his life. I did not know about his involvement with Niagara project until I watched this video. Edison thought he was the "father of electricity" and couldn't tolerate another man coming up with a better form of electricity (Alternating current by Tesla). He never cared for money and he gave all his money to Westinghouse without thinking twice.
Do watch it if you are interested in learning more about this man's inventions.
Check this link for more details about his work: Oatmeal's article about Tesla
Great book about one of the greatest inventors of all time. Sadly this book is "too" small and he just gives us a very brief glimpse of his inventions and ideas.
I did not know many things about him before reading this book like: Tesla was involved in wireless research, Marconi actually stole the Radio idea from Tesla. I always related Tesla with alternating current and did not know that he was into wireless as well.
I also liked that his main intention for inventing something was not to get applause or make money. He did all the hard work only for the betterment of the society. I admire him for his ideas to unite the world using wireless, using aerial machines as he calls them that revolve around the Earth.
"Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment and merging of races... There is in fact but one race, of many colors."
He was way ahead of his time and people did not encourage many of his brilliant ideas, which is really sad. They thought his ideas were too unpractical(he even mentions that people laughed at his ideas). But we now see those ideas were realistic since many of them have been implemented in real life.
Even though he was a scientist, he strongly believed in God!
I watched a movie sometime back about Tesla - "The Secret of Nikola Tesla(Tajna Nikole Tesla)". This movie went into the details about his life. I did not know about his involvement with Niagara project until I watched this video. Edison thought he was the "father of electricity" and couldn't tolerate another man coming up with a better form of electricity (Alternating current by Tesla). He never cared for money and he gave all his money to Westinghouse without thinking twice.
Do watch it if you are interested in learning more about this man's inventions.
Check this link for more details about his work: Oatmeal's article about Tesla