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[2020]
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English
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"Young Nikola Tesla got a shock when he rubbed his cat's fur. That small spark lit his imagination forever. Covering his early years to his eventual success in the world of electricity, Bright Dreams showcases Tesla's incredible journey of discovery and perseverance. Author-illustrator Tracy Dockray conveys Tesla's busy and imaginative world with collage-style artwork and informative sidebars"--
3) Nikola Tesla
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Simple text and illustrations look at the life of inventor Nikola Tesla.
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2021.
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English
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A young Nikola Tesla left his homeland for Austria, Budapest, Paris, and finally settled in New York City. He landed a job working for his idol, Thomas Edison, but he soon began to build his own enterprises. His work would quickly redefine the way that people experience daily life. Almost no individual person has impacted the world as heavily as Nikola Tesla. Although he was forgotten from history throughout most of the 20th century, the 21st...
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2015.
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English
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Nikola Tesla was a man forever misunderstood. From his boyhood in what is present-day Croatia, where his father, a Serbian Orthodox priest, dismissed his talents, to his tumultuous years in New York City, where his heated rivalry with Thomas Edison yielded triumphs and failures, Tesla was both demonized and lionized. Tesla captures the whirlwind years of the dawn of the electrical age, when his flair for showmanship kept him in the public eye. For...
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Accelerati trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"With a plot combining science and the supernatural, four kids are caught up in a dangerous plan concocted by the eccentric inventor, Nikola Tesla"--
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"Nikola Tesla was a physicist, scientist, electrical engineer, and world-renowned inventor whose accomplishments faded into oblivion after his death in 1943. He was omitted from most history books, while his colleagues and competitors (including Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi) and their successes are still remembered and celebrated. Tesla was undeniably eccentric and compulsive; some considered him to be somewhat of a "mad" scientist. But in...
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[2018]
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English
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Nikola Tesla invented the radio, robots, and remote control. His electric induction motors run our appliances and factories, yet he has been largely overlooked by history. In Tesla, Richard Munson presents a comprehensive portrait of this farsighted and underappreciated mastermind. When his first breakthrough--alternating current, the basis of the electric grid--pitted him against Thomas Edison's direct-current empire, Tesla's superior technology...
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Accelerati trilogy volume 3
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English
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"It is up to Nick Slate to find the last of Nikola Tesla's powerful inventions--or face devastating consequences"--
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"Join Patrick and Beth as they unravel the mysteries of the Imagination Station. The cousins travel to 1923 New York City, the home of Nikola Tesla, a quirky inventor. He has the knowledge to fix the damaged Imgination Stations. But can they get his help while keepig the machines' purpose a secret? Or will Tesla figure out how to alter time and change history? Meanwhile Patrick discovers an old friend - Eugene Meltsner - who has startling secrets...
11) Edison's alley
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Accelerati trilogy volume 2
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English
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"Nick and his friends race against their foes to retrieve more pieces of Tesla's free energy transmitter, only to see them fall into the hands of the Accelerati's shadowy leader"--
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"Nikola Tesla was a brilliant inventor of the Industrial Revolution, but as a child, he struggled with illnesses. When sick, Tesla found comfort in stories by Mark Twain. As an adult, Tesla became friends with the man behind this pen name, Samuel Clemens, who was captivated by Tesla's unique inventions. This book unveils details behind this interesting friendship, with approachable text and enlightening historical images. Fascinating fact boxes and...
15) Sparks of light
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Into the Dim volume 2
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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As a member of a long line of time-traveling ancestors, sixteen-year-old Hope must travel back to 1895 New York City to stop a plan to steal a dangerous device from inventor Nikola Tesla.
18) The Prestige
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[2007]
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English
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Set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London. Two magicians share an intense rivalry with each other and leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy. The rivalry is so intense that is will be full of obsession, deceit and jealousy, with both dangerous and deadly consequences. From the time that Robert Angier and Alfred Bordon first met, the two were competitors. However, their once friendly competition evolves into battle for each other's...
19) Tesla
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Brilliant, visionary Nikola Tesla fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition, then faces thornier challenges with his new system for worldwide wireless energy. The film tracks Tesla's uneasy interactions with his fellow inventor Thomas Edison and his patron George Westinghouse. Another thread traces Tesla's sidewinding courtship of financial titan J.P. Morgan, whose daughter Anne takes a more than casual interest...
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