| Description |
8 audio discs (9 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital rda |
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audio file CD audio rda |
| Summary |
Nikola Tesla, a Serbian immigrant, invented the radio, the induction motor, the neon lamp, and the remote control. His breakthrough came in alternating current, the basis of the electric grid and long-distance electrical transmission. This pitted him against Thomas Edison's direct current empire, and bitter patent battles ensued. But Tesla's technology was superior, and eventually he prevailed. Unfortunately, he had no business sense and could not capitalize on this success. His most advanced ideas were unrecognized for decades: forty years in the case of the radio patent; longer still for his ideas on laser beam technology. |
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Title from container. |
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Compact discs. |
| Performer |
Read by Charles Constant. |
| Subject |
Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943.
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Electrical engineers -- United States -- Biography -- Sound recordings.
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Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Sound recordings.
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Electrical engineering -- History -- Sound recordings.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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Nonfiction.
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Compact discs.
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Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Constant, Charles, narrator.
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| ISBN |
9781684412044 |
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1684412048 |
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