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Tesla : wizard at war : the genius, the particle beam weapon, and the pursuit of power / Marc J. Seifer.

Seifer, Marc J., (author.).

Summary:

"Drawing on forty years of research and a treasure trove of new information, Tesla: Wizard at War provides a comprehensive view of Tesla's discoveries, which continue to influence today's military technology and diplomatic strategies. One of the world's leading Tesla experts, Marc J. Seifer offers new insight into the brilliant scientist's particle beam weapon (aka the "Death Ray") and explores his military negotiations with pivotal historical figures--including his links to Joseph Stalin, Vannevar Bush, General Andrew McNaughton, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt." --Provided by Publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780806540962
  • ISBN: 0806540966
  • Physical Description: xi, 372 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., [2022]

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General Note:
"Citadel Press Books are published by Kensington Publishing Corp." -- title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-356) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Note to the reader -- Preamble -- Introduction : wizard at war -- I : high life. Interview with Nikola Tesla -- Wizard's lab -- Gay nineties -- Electric bath -- II : wardenclyffe. Wardenclyffe -- House of Morgan -- III : wireless. Remote-control robotics -- Marconi and the Germans -- Great war -- Fifth column -- Tesla's mysterious 1931 pierce-arrow -- Telephotography -- IV : death ray. The day Tesla died -- Trump report -- Russian connection -- Negotiations with the British Empire -- V : god particle. The birth of new physics -- Tesla's dynamic theory of gravity -- Final thoughts -- List of abbreviations -- Fequently cited sources by or about Nikola Tesla.

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Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943.
Electrical engineering > United States > History.
Discoveries in science > United States > History.
Military weapons > United States > History > 20th century.
Electrical engineers > United States > Biography.
Inventors > United States > Biography.
Particle beams.
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Biographies.

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