He is frequently cited as one of the most important contributors to the birth of commercial electricity, a man who 'shed light over the face of Earth,' and is best known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of electricity and magnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Nikola Tesla was a genius polymath, inventor and a mechanical and electrical engineer. Chapters include: My Early Life My First Efforts In Inventions My Later Endeavors: The Discovery of the Rotating Magnetic Field and The Discovery of the Tesla Coil and Transformer The Magnifying Transmitter The Art of Telautomatics. Written with wit and �lan, this memoir offers fascinating insights into one of the great minds of modern science. Tesla recounts his boyhood in Croatia, his schooling and work in Europe, his collaboration with Thomas Edison, and his subsequent research. The visionary scientist speaks for himself in this volume, originally published in 1919 as a six-part series in Electrical Experimenter magazine. Tesla's research was so groundbreaking that many of his contemporaries failed to understand it, and other scientists are unjustly credited for his innovations. His research laid much of the groundwork for modern electrical and communication systems, and his impressive accomplishments include development of the alternating-current electrical system, radio, the Tesla coil transformer, wireless transmission, and fluorescent lighting. Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a prophet of the electronic age.

The autobiography of nikola tesla