Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla

This biography traces the life of Nikola Tesla, the Serbian-American inventor often credited as the patron saint of modern electricity. Drawing on original documents and previously unavailable materials, the book reconstructs Tesla's career during a pivotal era of American innovation. It details his professional rivalries with contemporaries such as Thomas Edison, Charles Steinmetz, and Guglielmo Marconi, as well as his complex financial relationships with industrialists like J. P. Morgan and John Jacob Astor. The narrative explores how Tesla's visionary work in alternating current and radio technology shaped the modern world, while also examining the personal struggles that defined his later years.

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