My Inventions: Nikola Tesla's Autobiography - Hardcover

Nikola Tesla

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1609422554 ISBN 13: 9781609422554

Publisher: Lits, 2020

Synopsis

The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention. It is the most important product of his creative brain. Its ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of the forces of nature to human needs. This is the difficult task of the inventor who is often misunderstood and unrewarded. But he finds ample compensation in the pleasing exercises of his powers and in the knowledge of being one of that exceptionally privileged class without whom the race would have long ago perished in the bitter struggle against pitiless elements. Speaking for myself, I have already had more than my full measure of this exquisite enjoyment; so much, that for many years my life was little short of continuous rapture. I am credited with being one of the hardest workers and perhaps I am, if thought is the equivalent of labour, for I have devoted to it almost all of my waking hours. But if work is interpreted to be a definite performance in a specified time according to a rigid rule, then I may be the worst of idlers.

About this title

From the Publisher:

A new edition of the original work, with a comprehensive introduction and notes. The book includes all Tesla's original illustrations.

About the Author:

Nikola Tesla (1856 –1943) was a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lits
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1609422554
• ISBN 13: 9781609422554
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 100