Introduces readers to the inventors of wireless communication equipment and the Tesla coil used in today's radios and television sets through an examination of

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In this “informative and delightful” (American Scientist) biography, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of Nikola Tesla, one of the t

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