Tesla : inventor of the electrical age (Record no. 49781)
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| fixed length control field | 130314s2013 njua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2012049608 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780691057767 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
| International Standard Book Number | 0691057761 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
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| Authentication code | pcc |
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| Geographic area code | n-us--- |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | TK140.T4 |
| Item number | C37 2013 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 621.3092 |
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| Edition number | 23 |
| 084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | BIO015000 |
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| Source of number | bisacsh |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Carlson, W. Bernard. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1084 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Tesla : inventor of the electrical age |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiii, 500 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-471) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Dinner at Delmonico's -- An ideal childhood (1856-1878) -- Dreaming of motors (1878-1882) -- Learning by doing (1882-1886) -- Mastering alternating current (1886-1888) -- Selling the motor (1888-1889) -- Searching for a new ideal (1889-1891) -- A veritable magician (1891) -- Taking the show to Europe (1891-1892) -- Pushing alternating current in America (1892-1893) -- Wireless lighting and the oscillator (1893-1894) -- Efforts at promotion (1894-1895) -- Looking for alternatives (1895-1898) -- Stationary waves (1899-1900) -- Wardenclyffe (1900-1901) -- The dark tower (1901-1905) -- Visionary to the end (1905-1943). |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth 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. Even at the end of his life when he was living in poverty, Tesla still attracted reporters to his annual birthday interview, regaling them with claims that he had invented a particle-beam weapon capable of bringing down enemy aircraft. Plenty of biographies glamorize Tesla and his eccentricities, but until now none has carefully examined what, how, and why he invented. In this groundbreaking book, W. Bernard Carlson demystifies the legendary inventor, placing him within the cultural and technological context of his time, and focusing on his inventions themselves as well as the creation and maintenance of his celebrity. Drawing on original documents from Tesla's private and public life, Carlson shows how he was an "idealist" inventor who sought the perfect experimental realization of a great idea or principle, and who skillfully sold his inventions to the public through mythmaking and illusion. This major biography sheds new light on Tesla's visionary approach to invention and the business strategies behind his most important technological breakthroughs"-- |
| Summary, etc | "This is a biography of one of the major 20th-century scientists, Nikola Tesla. It is interdisciplinary, containing accounts of U.S. manufacturing in the early 1900s and other contemporary cultural materials"-- |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Tesla, Nikola, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1856-1943. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1085 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Electrical engineers |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| Form subdivision | Biography. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Inventors |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| Form subdivision | Biography. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY. |
| General subdivision | Science & Technology. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | SCIENCE |
| General subdivision | Electricity. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | SCIENCE |
| General subdivision | Electromagnetism. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | NF |
| Lost status | Collection code | Current library | Shelving location | Full call number | Barcode Number | Koha item type |
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| Nonfiction | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Nonfiction | 621.3092 CAR | 34517000483886 | NF |