Tesla: Master of Lightning

[David Morris]

http://www.neatorama.com/spotlight/

"In almost every step of progress in electrical engineering, as well
as radio, we can trace
the spark of thought back to Nikola Tesla" – Ernst F. W. Alexanderson

In their book, Tesla: Master of Lightning, authors Margaret Cheney and
Robert Uth tell the story of the enigmatic genius from his birth in a
little village in what is Croatia today, to his lonely death in a New
York hotel room. The book, years in the making, combines archival
documents and hundreds of photographs, compiled from the Tesla Museum
in Belgrade (previously inaccessible to Western writers during much of
the Cold War era), excerpts from Tesla’s writings, as well as
interviews with people who knew the man personally, to paint detailed
snapshots of Tesla’s life and to provide clear explanations of his
(often very technical) work.