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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris comes a revelatory new biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time Publishers Weekly Kirkus Reviews Although Thomas Alva...

Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the 20th century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of modern AC electricity, and contributed to the development of radio and television. Like his competitor Thomas Edison, Tesla was one of America's first celebrity scientists, enjoying the company of New York high society and dazzling the likes of Mark Twain with his electrical demonstrations. An astute self-promoter and gifted showman, he cultivated a public image of the eccentric genius.

In this “informative and delightful” (American Scientist) biography, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of Nikola Tesla, one of the twentieth century’s greatest scientists and inventors. Called a madman by his enemies, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly...

बाल्यकाल में ही बधिरता जैसे अभिशाप को एकाग्रता जैसे अद्भुत गुण में परिवर्तित करनेवाले थॉमस अल्वा एडिसन ने जीवन के अंतिम प्रहर तक थकना नहीं सीखा। औपचारिक शिक्षा से वंचित होने पर भी साहित्य से लेकर विज्ञान तक का गहन अध्ययन करनेवाले इस वैज्ञानिक ने अपने कार्यकाल में औसतन हर पंद्रह दिन में एक पेटेंट हासिल किया; उनके जरिए दुनिया आधुनिक काल में प्रवेश कर गई और उपभोक्तावाद का प्रादुर्भाव हुआ।.

Human history has seen many surprising and profound turning points. The ways that humans learned to use raw materials to create activity and resources set the stage for the most compelling and life-altering phase of the modern era, the Industrial Revolution. Born during this time on different continents but connected by similar interests, two men indelibly marked their generation and those that followed with their genius and foresight. This audiobook covers the war of currents and the individual lives of Tesla and Edison.

Hello Everyone! I am Reshawn Edison, your host for this series. Cultivated Space reflects my Capstone project as an undergraduate student at the University of Denver Anthropology Department. I explore the reckoning between Indigenous identity In higher education by those who have a relationship with the university. As a predominantly white institution, the University of Denver has upheld an unjust climate within its structure and culture. DU has maintained a hostile academic environment that Native American scholars and their allies constantly struggle with. I highlight these forms of ...

The inspiring true story of Loïe Fuller, a radical 19th-century art nouveau icon who turned artificial light into performance art and became the incandescent inventor of modern dance, is revealed in this transportive and hypnotic historical narrative.