- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Ashgrove Publishing Ltd; 2nd Revised edition edition (May 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 185398020X
- ISBN-13: 978-1853980206
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.5 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,747,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Nikola Tesla was a 19th-century American inventor, a contemporary and rival of Thomas Edison. He sold the rights of his invention of the modern induction motor to Westinghouse for one million dollars, cash. Yet he died a recluse, claiming a revolutionary discovery: an inexhaustible source of energy, whose power could be transmitted around the world without loss. This is a "factionalized" account of the author's investigation into Tesla's theories and claims, and the evidence that other people are carrying out his work now in secret.
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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Misleading or just poor research?,
By A Customer
This review is from: In Search of Nikola Tesla (Paperback)
Peat has no grasp of the real issues that the Tesla history has thrown up. Peat fails to find any reason why Tesla's contention that he had discovered a method of the wireless broadcasting of power with almost no power loss should be believed, and yet the answer is in Tesla's own patents, writings and previous biographers. Simply put, Tesla halted the electron flow along his conducting coils and was surprised to find that this did not halt certain types of 'current' flow. Exploring this phenomenon further Tesla discovered that he was dealing with "non-Hetzian" wave propogation - of a very very powerful nature. It was these so-called non-Hertzian waves that Tesla was using in the development of wireless boradcast power, particle beam transmitters and gravito-electric effects. Today, the Americans call this 'scalar electromagnetics' and the Russians call it 'energetics'. All this was known prior to 1990 and Peat should have known it. That said, this book is readable and did offer me some interesting leads on this fascinating piece of history...
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4.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Scientific anaylsis of Tesla's theories,
By glopez@cs.cmu.edu - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: In Search of Nikola Tesla (Paperback)
Dr. Peat gives a scientific perspective to Tesla's work, specifically, the wireless power transmission theories. The book is very narritive in his search for the truth about Tesla. His endeavors of searching for info are quite interesting. I recommend the book to any scientist out there. The book was originally published in 1983.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Well balenced view of Tesla's wireless power.,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: In Search of Nikola Tesla (Paperback)
While Peat does an excellent job at reporting of broadcast power from a critical standpoint, some very speculative statements are made about Tesla himself (e.g. He completely suppressed his own emotions in an attempt to use reasoning only) I had some objections to the reliability of part of the information presented. Peat offers alot of good information and the book is worth reading if your interested in Tesla and his works, particularly broadcast power.
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