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Summary: Eight bucks well spent!
Review: As an avid Tesla coil builder, I found this book to be another great resource to add to my collection. Thanks Ben Johnston.
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Summary: Look Into Tesla's Mind
Review: In this book, Tesla himslef explains the inner workings of his mind. To me, knowing how he actually came up with his inventions is the best any Tesla book could possibly get.
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Summary: The real Tesla.
Review: Mr. Johnston's introduction does more to explain Nikola Tesla than anything I've seen to date. In freeing him from much of the popular myth, Johnston allows Tesla's genius to reveal itself.
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Summary: Tesla better at inventing than writing
Review: Mr. Tesla should have let someone else write his biography. Granted he was at his peak in the early 1900's, but much of the information he gives out about his life, especially his childhood years, is truly unbelievable - not in a good way.
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Summary: unusual man, unusual life
Review: Tesla doesn't give much information about himself as a person in this series of articles, but it's evident that he defined himself by the technology he created, and we can learn a lot about him by reading his passion for his science. The introduction by Ben Johnston made me want to know more about Tesla the man.
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Summary: The title describes it - Not My Life - My Inventions
Review: The introduction material in this book written by Ben Johnston is well prepared, informative, and brief. It is a good introduction to the rest of the book which is Tesla's writing.Tesla's own words can be tedious, but hey the language has changed a bit in the last 100 years. He takes a few rabbit trails and talks much of his inventions not what he thinks and feels. I would really like to know why he liked pigeons so much but he never says. What Tesla doesn't say, gives us insights to what is important to him. No serious study of Tesla can neglect this work. For a more in-depth historical biography of the man see, Margaret Cheney's "Tesla, Man out of Time". ISBN 0-88029-419-1
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Summary: The title describes it - Not My Life - My Inventions
Review: The introduction material in this book written by Ben Johnston is well prepared, informative, and brief. It is a good introduction to the rest of the book which is Tesla's writing. Tesla's own words can be tedious, but hey the language has changed a bit in the last 100 years. He takes a few rabbit trails and talks much of his inventions not what he thinks and feels. I would really like to know why he liked pigeons so much but he never says. What Tesla doesn't say, gives us insights to what is important to him. No serious study of Tesla can neglect this work. For a more in-depth historical biography of the man see, Margaret Cheney's "Tesla, Man out of Time". ISBN 0-88029-419-1
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Summary: Very Personal
Review: This is a very personal look at this inventor's life. Unlike many other biographies this autobiography tells us specifically what Tesla's reason were. Tesla also tells many very personal and insightful stories about himself. Many other works site this one because of its invaluable reference. Tells much about the inventor in abridged way.
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Summary: More Tecnnology Than Autobiography
Review: This is not a bad book if you're interested in Tesla, although he includes far more information on his inventions, as the title suggests, than he does biographical information. The style is rather dry, but the technical ideas are informative for anyone interested in the history of technology in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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