Tesla : El hombre que vivía en el futuro

A pioneering scientist whose inventions transformed the daily lives of millions, Nikola Tesla was undoubtedly one of the most important figures in 20th-century science, labeled a madman by his enemies, a genius by his admirers, and an enigma by all. His contributions were immense; he not only discovered radio, fluorescent lighting, the laser, and the rotating magnetic field (the basis of the light that illuminates our homes), but also explored the foundations of robotics, computer science, and ballistics. Endowed with an almost supernatural talent for science, but also eccentric and neurotic, Tesla suffered from various manias, such as feeding sparrows, and phobias, such as refusing to wear the same gloves twice. A philanthropist who never sought to commercialize his discoveries, and who was swindled by other inventors such as Marconi and Thomas Edison, Tesla was a popular figure among New York high society, a friend of writers and entertainers, admired by men as diverse as Mark Twain and George Westinghouse, and adored by numerous high-society ladies. From his childhood in the Austrian Empire to his death in New York in the 1940s, Cheney paints a fascinating portrait of Nikola Tesla, the man, his era, and the visionary scientist who dedicated his life to research aimed at transforming the world he lived in.