WIZARD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF NIKOLA TESLA

Book ID/图书代码： 14780005B07047

English Summary/英文概要： Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), credited as the inspiration for radio, robots, and radar, has been called the patron saint of modern electricity. Known as the founding father of modern technology, his creations include the channeling of alternating current, fluorescent and neon lighting, wireless telegraphy and the giant turbines that harnessed the power of Niagara Falls. Tesla was born in Croatia and educated in Graz, Austria and Prague, Czech Republic. He emigrated to the United States in 1884, where he lived for the most part in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel! In a league with Edison, Steinmetz and Marconi, his inventions and innovations have improved everyone’s life on this planet. His underwriters were J.P. Morgan, John Jacob Astor, and other financial giants of the time. His patent for the Niagara Falls hydroelectric project was sold to Westinghouse for a mere $216,000, and today it would be worth more than $12,000,000! WIZARD is the biography of this ingenuous scientist, which has garnered fabulous

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书获得美国科学进步研究会高度评价. Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)是克罗埃西裔美国籍的一位伟大发明家，被视为当代电力技术之父,是现代电力的忠诚卫士.籍由来自无线电,机械臂以及雷达等灵感,一生当中在电气方面有诸多影响后世的重要发现与发明，例如1818年发现的交流电原理，1883年制成的第一台感应电动机，1891年发明的特斯拉线圈等等。为纪念他在电力方面的卓越成就，后人將国际单位制中磁通密度的单位特(斯拉)以他的名字而命名。 Tesla出生于克罗地亚，在格拉茨，奥地利和布拉格以及自由的捷克斯洛伐克完成学业于1884年移民美国。 作为爱迪生，斯坦梅茨和马可尼的助手及后继者，他的发明和改良完善了地球上每个人的生活。他的保险费用由J.P. Morgan, John Jacob Astor和其他当时的一些金融巨头承担。他的尼亚加拉瀑布水力电气计划作为专利以超过216，000美元的价格卖给了Westinghouse，而如今它的价值已经超过了12，000，000美元。 男巫正是这个自然科学家的带有传奇色彩的回顾性传记,是其神奇一生的完美诠释。

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About the Author/作者介绍： Marc J. Seifer在《美國科學人雜誌》、《出版人週刊》、《紐約時報》、《華盛頓郵報》等發表專欄，他是是國際公認研究Nikola Tesla發明的學術作者，所發表的文章也譯成各種語言(德文、西班牙、葡萄牙等)，也在聯合國和世界各大名校擔任講師(牛津、劍橋等)。

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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：SOLD

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Bulgarian rights to Marc Seifer’s nonfiction TESLA to Knigomania

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