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The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla (The Lost Science Series)
by: Nikola Tesla, David Hatcher Childress

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.3
EAN: 9780932813190
ISBN: 0932813194
Label: Adventures Unlimited Press
Manufacturer: Adventures Unlimited Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 351
Publication Date: 1993-08
Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press
Sales Rank: 41873
Studio: Adventures Unlimited Press

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Scientific Curiosity
This book is meant for the reader who himself possess some knowledge on electrical theory, mechanical ability and the desire to further his knowledge about Nikola Tesla's inventions. Even tough the book addresses some events about the scientist life the narrative is very concise with a quick overview on these occurrences which have been covered extensibly and in detail in other books about Nikola Tesla. I recommend this book to those readers interested in the classical turn of century approach to electrical devices and their applications. Diagrams, plans and the accompanying legends and information abound for those with this interest in mind.

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- Lackluster
The author gives a decent overview of some of the most interesting inventions made by Tesla. Sadly, it only shows patent diagrams, and no other pictures of Tesla's inventions.

Chapter 9 seems pretty fanciful. In it he references about three other books for his evidence, but the books he cites are not scholarly sounding. I've come across them before in book stores and quickly skimmed them, which is why I have that impression.

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- Fantastic Synopsis of Tesla's Fantastic Inventions
This book by Nikola Tesla is a good recount of all of his inventions and an overview of them, however the detail is somewhat lacking. It has almost all of his inventions and ideas in it, but there is very little explanation and detail describing them. This can be good when trying to get a good overview of what Tesla accomplished, however if you are trying to get detailed and informative information about these I recommend going and getting a better source after this book because it is nothing more than a good introduction to the nature of his inventions and patents. If you have any background in the field of electricity than these sketches and brief overviews will be no problem to you and you will understand them, but if you have no background than understanding the nature of these will be quite difficult. Nonetheless, this book was still really fun to read and study, the relaxed nature of it allows it to be ... Read More

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- Virtually Useless
Please do not waste your time with this book.

Yes, it does have many of the "Fantastic Inventions" of Nikola Tesla in it, but there are only pictures of the patent drawings with no explanations offered.

Some facts are present. Some outright fables are present also.

In summary, Mr. Childress cobbled together this book and seeks only to divest you of your money. You won't learn anything of substance.

Instead, purchase and treasure, "Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla" by Marc Seifer. See my review for this book.

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