Tesla: His Tremendous and Troubled Life

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Synopsis
The enigmatic Nikola Tesla—stalked by his ever-present inner demons—invents the modern world. His astonishing story is that of a new-age god, a genius, a Zeus, a wonderful Wizard, yet a deeply troubled one. He tames the mysterious force called &“electricity;&” he dazzles the world with his endless inventions and discoveries; he blazes new paths in science that profoundly impact our daily lives; he turns fantasies into realities; his thought experiments disrupt scientific norms; he gives us many of the indispensable tools we use today; and famous actresses and chanteuses clamor for his attention as powerful men desire to be his friend . . . all before an astonished world. Yet all the while he keeps his own counsel, as he simultaneously struggles with the challenging consequences of bipolar disorder: flights of manic energy alternating with depressive depths of great despair. He shuns the clichés of a quotidian life, while forever seeking to &“lift the burdens from the shoulders of mankind.&” It would become his lifelong leitmotif, but at what cost to him?The authors Marko Perko and Stephen M. Stahl, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., propose a &“new- style biography&” entitled T E S L A: His Tremendous and Troubled Life. They will examine Nikola Tesla in a manner that has yet to be accomplished in publishing history―asking and answering the seminal question: Who was the real man with an extremely complex psyche/personality, who lived with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and a hyperthymic temperament spilling over at times into high flying bipolar mania and then crashing into devastating depression—and not simply the iconoclastic scientist who invented the modern world?
Copyright:
2022

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
384 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781633887732
Publisher:
Globe Pequot Publishing
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Marko Perko and Stephen M. Stahl
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Biographies and Memoirs, Technology, Psychology
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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