Title:
Lightning strikes : timeless lessons in creativity from the life and work of Nikola Tesla / John F. Wasik.
ISBN:
9781454917687
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Publication Information:
New York : Sterling Publishing, [2016]
©2016
Physical Description:
xi, 275 pages, 4 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction: Why Tesla still electrifies us -- I. Hoover's stakeout : an iconic inventor dies -- TeslAction #1: Be introspective -- II. Catching fire : Tesla's creative inheritance -- TeslAction #2: Be unrelentingly curious -- III. Flashes of light : the psychology of Tesla -- TeslAction #3: Practice visualization -- IV. From Prague to Pittsburgh : the roving electrician -- TeslAction #4: Be indispensable -- V. The wizard of electricity : Tesla's lightning show -- TeslAction #5: Sell your ideas -- VI. Power from the Earth and sky : Tesla's wireless world system -- TeslAction #6: Zoom out -- VII. Weathering the storm : the fall of Wardenclyffe -- TeslAction #7: Be resilient -- VIII. Man for all seasons : adapting to a new, turbulent century -- TeslAction #8: Reposition yourself -- IX. A detective story : searching for the elusive death ray -- TeslAction #9: Be empathic -- X. The once and future Tesla : the wizard's twenty-first-century legacy -- TeslAction #10: Be chimeric -- Epilogue.
Summary:
Lightning strikes examines Nikola Tesla's unusual life and mind, along with his many visions and innovations, which have helped shape our past, our present, and our future. It also explores why the government hoped to shut down his bold experiments and how his groundbreaking ideas and inventions are being implemented in the global technologies of clean power, robotics, and wireless transmission of power and information. But most of all, Lightning Strikes offers lessons on creativity from his life and work that can be applied in today's world.
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OCLC Number:
ocn936350641
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