Summary
John O'Neill: The Unsurpassed Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla
The Unsurpassed Genius is one of the earliest Tesla biographies: it was written just a year after Tesla's death. The writer knew Tesla personally, and this work has the weight of personal testimony. In this book, O'Neill managed to present a complete portrait of Tesla as a man and as a scientist. The author investigates how Tesla's father inspired his scientific development, how the famous scientist stuck to his theory despite universal distrust, how Tesla navigated the social life of New York at the end of the 19th century...
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