Prodigal Genius

Book by John Joseph O'Neill

Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla

First edition

Author| John Joseph O'Neill
Language| English
Publisher| Ives Washburn

Publication date

| 1944

Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla (ISBN 0914732331) is a 1944 book by John Joseph O'Neill detailing the life of Nikola Tesla.

## Overview[edit]

Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author John J. O'Neill, the life of Nikola Tesla details the life of a pioneer in electrical engineering.[1] O'Neill was a close friend of Tesla, whom he had met as a boy and remained in contact with.[2]

The book covers, among other topics, the story of Tesla's father's inspiration for his career in engineering, shows his theories of electricity that went against the scientific establishment, explores the friendships of Tesla, investigates the story of Tesla's lost Nobel Prize, and explains Tesla's investigations of the paranormal.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Books of the Week – Science Review of the Year". The Science News-Letter. 46 (26): 416. 23 December 1944. JSTOR 3921600.
2. ^ Ralph Bergstresser (1996). Dr. Nikola Tesla: The Forgotten Super Man of Our Industrial Age. Health Research Books. p. 15\. ISBN 978-0-7873-0094-4.
3. ^ Kaempffert, Waldemar (4 February 1945). "Electric Sorcerer". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

## External links[edit]

* Prodigal Genius, rastko.org.yu.

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Nikola Tesla

Career and
inventions|

* Patents
* Magnifying transmitter
* Plasma lamp
* plasma globe
* Polyphase system
* Alternating-current commutatorless induction motor
* Tesla Experimental Station
* Teleforce
* Telegeodynamics
* Tesla coil
* history
* Wireless power
* Resonant inductive coupling
* Radio control
* Tesla turbine
* Tesla's oscillator
* Tesla valve
* Three-phase electric power
* Wardenclyffe Tower
* Tesla Electric Light and Manufacturing

Writings|

* The Inventions, Researches, and Writings of Nikola Tesla
* Colorado Springs Notes, 1899–1900
* "Fragments of Olympian Gossip"
* My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla

Other|

* War of the currents
* Westinghouse Electric
* World Wireless System
* In popular culture

Related|

* Nikola Tesla Museum
* Nikola Tesla Memorial Center
* Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe
* IEEE Nikola Tesla Award
* Tesla Satellite Award
* Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
* New Yorker Hotel
* The Secret of Nikola Tesla (1980 film)
* Tesla - Lightning in His Hand (2003 opera)
* The Prestige (2006 film)
* Tower to the People (2015 documentary)
* Tesla (2016 film)
* The Tesla World Light (2017 film)
* The Current War (2019 film)
* "Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror" (2020 TV episode)
* Tesla (2020 film)
* Tesla: Man Out of Time
* Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla
* The Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century
* SI derived unit
* Lunar crater
* Asteroid

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