ISBN: 9780785840596 - The Truth About Tesla: The Myth of the Lone Genius in the History of Innovation (13 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. The Truth About Teslais one of the first books to set the record straight, tracing the origin of Teslas genius to scientists and ideas that far predated him.

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Hardback. Condition: Good. The Truth About Teslais one of the first books to set the record straight, tracing the origin of Teslas genius to scientists and ideas that far predated him.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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glosst full color illustrated hardcover 4to ~ 4º (quarto ~ 8"x10"). large "coffee table" book. no dustwrapper (as issued). very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first printing (#1 in # line) of this edition. illustrated endpapers. 199p.+about the authors. glossy pages throughout. glossy full color, sepiatone & b&w photos, diagrams & illustrations throughout. endnotes. index. biography. history of science. industrial revolution. technology. american history. ~ "This is an exciting work that uses Tesla's life as a template to tell a larger story, one about how inventions are created and how history interprets the role individuals play in their development." ~ MARC J. SEIFER, Ph.D., author of Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla. Forget everything you think you know about the "father of electricity." In this new, revealing analysis of Nikola Tesla's life, Christopher Cooper uncovers beguiling sagas and curious inconsistencies in the history of the man credited with inventing everything from alternating current to radar. Along the way, he explores serious questions about how conventional history has created a mythology of the lone inventor striving against society to generate a truly singular idea.…

hardcover. Condition: As New.