Tesla : inventor of the electrical age / W. Bernard Carlson.
Pubblicazione:
Princeton : Princeton university press, 2015.
Descrizione fisica:
XIII, 500 p. : ill., ritr. ; 22 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. Introduction: Dinner at Delmonico's. 1. An ideal chilhood (1856-1878) 2. Dreaming of motors (1878-1882) 3. Learning by doing (1882-1886) 4. Mastering alternating current (1886-1889) 5. Selling the motor (1888-1889) 6. Searching for a new deal (1889-1891) 7. A veritable magician (1891) 8. Taking the show to Europe (1891-1892) 9. Pushing alternating current in America (1892-1893) 10. Wireless lighting and the oscillator (1893-1894) 11. Efforts at promotion (1894-1895) 12. Looking for alternatives (1895-1898) 13. Stationary waves (1899-1900) 14. Wardenclyffe (1900-1901) 15. The dark tower (1901-1905) 16. Visionary to the end (1905-1943). Epilogue. Note on sources. Abbreviations and sources. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index
ISBN:
9780691165615
Discipline:
Ingegneria elettrotecnica e delle comunicazioni--Persone.
