Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius :
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Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius , “[Along with A Beautiful Mind] one of the five best biographies written on the brilliantly disturbed.” –WALL STREET JOURNAL
Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius , “Wizard is a compelling tale presenting a teeming, vivid world of science, technology, culture and human lives.” –NEW SCIENTIST
Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius , “Marc Seifer is an excellent writer and scholar, who has produced a wonderfully readable and illuminating biography of one of the most intriguing men of this century… mak[ing] us understand not only the man, but also the times in which he lived. . . . [A] masterpiece.” –NELSON DEMILLE
Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius , “The author presents much new material… [and] bases his book on a large number of archival and primary sources…. Underneath the layers of hero worship, the core of Seifer’s book is a serious piece of scholarship.” –Ronald Kline, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
“Seifer has done a remarkable job going through all the Tesla manuscripts… ferret[ing] out hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles in which he traces out Tesla’s public image [and] offers a reasonable reconstruction of Tesla’s emotional world. . . . Seifer has significantly advanced our understanding of Tesla.” –Bernard Carlson, author of Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age, for ISIS
“It is my opinion that Dr. Seifer leads the world as the most authoritative of all the Tesla researchers.” –J.W. McGINNIS, President, International Tesla Society
“Far and away the best job among Tesla biographies.” –Jeffrey D. Kooistra, INFINITE ENERGY
“Wizard is … utterly absorbing with chapters charting all stages of Tesla’s life…. Seifer treats his prodigious subject with sympathy and realism.” –NEXUS
“Wizard… presents a much more accurate… picture of Tesla…. [It] is thorough, informative, entertaining and a valuable addition to electrotechnological history, past and future.” –ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TIMES
Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius , “In modern times, Tesla may be enjoying a comeback thanks to books like Wizard.” –THE NEW YORK TIMES
Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius , “Here is a deep and comprehensive biography of a great engineer of early electrical science. Indeed, it is likely to become the definitive biography of the Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla. …. Highly recommended.” –AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
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From Library Journal:
Nikola Tesla is credited by many as the inventor of radio and should have received most of the credit for the development of modern electricity. Yet there is considerable confusion about his technical contributions and even more about his personal life. This book, by a professor of psychology at Bristol Community College and a member of the International Tesla Society, painstakingly documents Tesla’s wide-ranging contributions. Born in Croatia, Tesla emigrated to the United States in 1884 and almost immediately began work on alternatives to what was then accepted as standard electrical technology. This brought him into conflict with Edison and later Westinghouse. The pattern of conflict continued for nearly 60 years, partially because Tesla was far ahead of his time, partially because he was erratic and off-beat, and partially because he was not an astute business partner. Seifer has analyzed extensive sources, many not previously used by other Tesla biographers, to provide a detailed interpretation of his life, but the fact that he also incorporates extensive handwriting analysis to arrive at several of his conclusions will certainly cause some reader concern. For larger science and biography collections.?Hilary Burton, Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Livermore, Cal.
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Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius , From Booklist:
What kind of genius can fathom the mysteries of electromagnetism but cannot keep corporate lawyers from taking him to the cleaners? Perhaps because his life did not culminate in wealth and acclaim, Nikola Tesla has largely slipped from the national memory. Seifer’s biography rescues him from oblivion, bringing back to life the amazingly creative intellect that gave us fluorescent lighting, wireless communication, cheap electrical power, and the remote control. But Seifer also resurrects the wounded, self-destructive personality who never recovered from the loss of a favored older brother and who spiraled into weird obsessions, mental collapse, and poverty as he watched other men use his inventions to win fame and riches. Seifer does an admirable job of explaining his subject’s technical feats and analyzing his psychological idiosyncrasies. Tinged with pathos, this meticulously researched biography deserves attention from all who would understand the human tragedies played out in the shadows of our neon culture.
Bryce Christensen —
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About the Author
His articles have appeared in Wired, Civilization, The Historian, Psychiatric Clinics of North America and Cerebrum. Featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist and Scientific American, Dr. Seifer has also appeared on Coast to Coast Radio, NPR’s “All Things Considered,” “The Morning Show” in Canberra Australia, on the BBC, and on TV on American Experience, The History Channel, and Associated Press International.
Listed in Marquis’ Who’s Who in the World, he is also the author of the novels Rasputin’s Nephew, Doppelg nger, Crystal Night,and Fate Line, and the non-fiction works Transcending the Speed of Light, The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis,and Framed! Murder, Corruption & a Death Sentence in Florida. His book Wizard- The Life & Times of Nikola Tesla has been translated into nine languages including Serbian, Russian and Chinese.
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