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Tesla
- Inventor of the Electrical Age
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
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- Damiano
- 20-02-2015
All Ham, No Spam
Plenty of meat on the bones of this book. The author takes the time to explain the science and patent legalese so even an idiot like me can follow. (though in truth there a few Sciencey parts I had to hear again and Google, as Electromagnetics -or studying in general- wasn't my forte...)
Reads like a documentary, and Tesla's story is so entertaining to hear, minus all the wind being blown up his backside by other books.
This story is approachable no matter what your background and the narrator presents it with panache.
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- Nancy
- 05-05-2020
interesting and thorough biography.
This biography of a great man shows both the technical magnificence of Nikola Tesla as well as an anecdotal look at the private and business dealings of Tesla and his inventions and personal life.
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