Nikola Tesla
Biographies
John J. O'Neill,
Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla (1944)
A great romantic tale, inspiring, by a friend of Tesla.
Complete text.
Marc J. Seifer,
Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla, Biography of a Genius (1996)
A serious work of scholarship, using the traditional methods of the professional historian. Seifer has a terrific
webpage.
Nikola Tesla,
My Autobiography (1919)
Written by Tesla for Hugo Gernsback's "Electrical Experimenter" magazine.
Complete text.
Photographs of his work
Tesla at Colorado Springs lab, 1899
A 1/3-scale working model of Tesla's largest coil
Tesla's unfinished "World Communications Center" on Long Island, N.Y., (1904)
Small Tesla coils of the type I built at age 14
There are many "Tesla" pages (some of the few that can be taken seriously follow)
Tesla Biography - by Sumaria
Bogdan Kosanovic's Tesla Page
The Tesla Museum, Belgrade
The International Tesla Society
Nikola Tesla Links (Bill Beaty)
Tesla: The Electric Magician
Tesla Books (Brough's Books/Amazon)
(all Tesla books in print -- purchase online)
Tesla Books (Robert Lockridge/Amazon)
(book list with critical evaluations -- purchase online)
Dampers to the "reality-distortion field" that Tesla and his enthusiasts often induce
Robert Kleinman's review of a Tesla book
Review of another Tesla book
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