Wizard by Marc J Seifer

Wizard by Marc J Seifer

Wizard] brings the many complex facets of Tesla's] personal and technical life together in to a cohesive whole. I highly recommend this biography of a great technologist. --A.A. Mullin, U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command, COMPUTING REVIEWS

Along with A Beautiful Mind] one of the five best biographies written on the brilliantly disturbed. --WAL STRET JOURNAL

Wizard is a compelling tale presenting a teeming, vivid world of science, technology, culture and human lives. --NEW SCIENTIST

Marc Seifer is an excellent writer and scholar, who has produced a wonderfully readable and illuminating biography of one of the most intriguing men of this century. mak ing] us understand not only the man, but also the times in which he lived. . . . A] masterpiece. --NELSON DEMILE

The author presents much new material. and] bases his book on a large number of archival and primary sources. Underneath the layers of hero worship, the core of Seifer's book is a serious piece of scholarship. --Ronald Kline, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

Seifer has done a remarkable job going through all the Tesla manuscripts. ferret ing] out hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles in which he traces out Tesla's public image and] offers a reasonable reconstruction of Tesla's emotional world. . . . Seifer has significantly advanced our understanding of Tesla. --Bernard Carlson, author of Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age, for ISIS

It is my opinion that Dr. Seifer leads the world as the most authoritative of all the Tesla researchers. --J.W. McGINIS, President, International Tesla Society

Far and away the best job among Tesla biographies. --Jeffrey D. Kooistra, INFINITE ENERGY

Wizard is . utterly absorbing with chapters charting all stages of Tesla's life. Seifer treats his prodigious subject with sympathy and realism. --NEXUS

Wizard. presents a much more accurate. picture of Tesla. It] is thorough, informative, entertaining and a valuable addition to electrotechnological history, past and future. --ELECTRONIC ENGINERING TIMES

In modern times, Tesla may be enjoying a comeback thanks to books like Wizard. --THE NEW YORK TIMES

Here is a deep and comprehensive biography of a great engineer of early electrical science. Indeed, it is likely to become the definitive biography of the Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla. . Highly recommended. --AMERICAN ASOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE

A graduate of the University of Chicago and Saybrook University, Marc J. Seifer, Ph.D., is a retired psychology teacher from Roger Williams University. A handwriting expert who has testified in state and federal court, Dr. Seifer has lectured at West Point Military Academy, Brandeis University, the United Nations, the Open Center in New York, LucasFilms Industrial Light & Magic, at Oxford University and Cambridge University in England, and at conferences in Canada, Israel and Croatia and for the Serbian Academy of Sciences.

His articles have appeared in Wired, Civilization, The Historian, Psychiatric Clinics of North America and Cerebrum. Featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist and Scientific American, Dr. Seifer has also appeared on Coast to Coast Radio, NPR's All Things Considered, The Morning Show in Canberra Australia, on the BBC, and on TV on American Experience, The History Channel, and Associated Press International.

Listed in Marquis' Who's Who in the World, he is also the author of the novels Rasputin's Nephew, Doppelgü¾†”¼nger, Crystal Night, and Fate Line, and the non-fiction works Transcending the Speed of Light, The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis, and Framed! Murder, Corruption & a Death Sentence in Florida. His book Wizard: The Life & Times of Nikola Tesla has been translated into nine languages including Serbian, Russian and Chinese.

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ISBN 13	9780806519609
ISBN 10	0806519606
Titel	Wizard
Autor	Marc J Seifer
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.
Erscheinungsjahr	2003-02-20
Seitenanzahl	560
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