Tesla：Man Out of Time

图书标准信息

• 作者 Margaret Cheney 著
• 出版社 Simon & Schuster US
• 出版时间 2001-10
• ISBN 9780743215367
• 定价 117.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 400页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

In"Tesla:ManOutofTime,"MargaretCheneyexploresthebrilliantandprescientmindofoneofthetwentiethcentury'sgreatestscientistsandinventors.Calledamadmanbyhisenemies,ageniusbyothers,andanenigmabynearlyeveryone,NikolaTeslawas,withoutadoubt,atrailblazinginventorwhocreatedastonishing,sometimesworld-transformingdevicesthatwerevirtuallywithouttheoreticalprecedent.Teslanotonlydiscoveredtherotatingmagneticfield--thebasisofmostalternating-currentmachinery--butalsointroducedustothefundamentalsofrobotics,computers,andmissilescience.Almostsupernaturallygifted,unfailinglyflamboyantandneurotic,Teslawastroubledbyanarrayofcompulsionsandphobiasandwasfondofextravagant,visionaryexperimentations.Hewasalsoapopularman-about-town,admiredbymenasdiverseasMarkTwainandGeorgeWestinghouse,andadoredbyscoresofsocietybeauties.FromTesla'schildhoodinYugoslaviatohisdeathinNewYorkinthe1940s,Cheneypaintsacompellinghumanportraitandchroniclesalifetimeofdiscoveriesthatradicallyaltered--andcontinuetoalter--theworldinwhichwelive."Tesla:ManOutofTime"isanin-depthlookattheseminalaccomplishmentsofascientificwizardandathoughtfulexaminationoftheobsessionsandeccentricitiesofthemanbehindthescience.

【作者简介】

MargaretCheneyisabiographerofunusualversatility.InadditiontohertwomajorstudiesofTesla(mostrecentlyTesla:MasterofLightning,withRobertUth),shehaswrittenMidnightatMabel's,abiographyofthegreatcabaretsingerandsongstylistMabelMercer.CheneyisalsotheauthorofMeanwhileFarmandWhy:TheSerialKillerinAmerica.ShelivesinCalifornia.