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Who Was Nikola Tesla?

Who Was Nikola Tesla?

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  • Author：Jim Gigliotti
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Get ready for the electrifying biography of Nikola Tesla--part creative genius， part mad scientist， and 100% innovator。

When Nikola Tesla arrived in the United States in 1884， he didn't have much money， but he did have a letter of introduction to renowned inventor Thomas Edison。 The working relationship between the two men was short lived， though， and the two scientist-inventors became harsh competitors。 One of the most influential scientists of all time， Nikola Tesla is celebrated for his experiments in electricity， X-rays， remote controls， and wireless communications。 His invention of the Tesla coil was instrumental in the development of radio technology。

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Reviews

Harriette ，

Thorough kid-friendly account of an inventor who has often been undervalued or overlooked。

Dan ，

This was a very enlightening book filled with information on Nikola Tesla。 He is one of the lesser known inventors of the twentieth century。 He helped develop the alternating current of electricity that we now use in many products today。 He was constantly inventing new ideas。 The reader will learn many new things about his life and inventions by reading this book。

Jessa ，

My son is studying Tesla for a school report so we read this book together。 I thought the book was great explaining the highlights of his life while also keeping it interesting。 We both enjoyed reading this。

Elina ，

نیکولا تسلا قطعا از مخوف ترین دانش منداس😐به نظرم این یکی زندگی نامه، باید بلند تر میبودچون زندگی‌ش خیلی پستی بلندی داشتو باید خیلی مفصل دربارش، گفته می‌شداما یه جورایی چپونده شده بود یه بخشاش。。。اما بازم، ارزش خوندن داره。。。و بهترین بخشش توضیح کودکی_نوجوانیشهاما از بخش هایی که علمی هستن انتظار چندانی نداشته باشید👾

Rebecca ，

Best part was when young Tesla was quoted as being uncertain about walking in the streets with the "city dudes"。 What are city dudes？ Best part was when young Tesla was quoted as being uncertain about walking in the streets with the "city dudes"。 What are city dudes？ 。。。more

Joelle ，

Read with Kru。 We ❤️ Nikola！

Natalie ，

I didn't know much about Nikola Tesla so it was fun to read more about him。 He really was a genius。 I thought it was interesting to read how fastidious he was。 He didn't like shaking hands and was pretty OCD about things。 He had to eat dinner at the exact same time each night。 What made me sad was that he pretty much died alone and broke。 That seems to happen so much to a lot of famous people。 I was glad that his old company stepped up to take care of him。 Great series！ On a side note， I recentl I didn't know much about Nikola Tesla so it was fun to read more about him。 He really was a genius。 I thought it was interesting to read how fastidious he was。 He didn't like shaking hands and was pretty OCD about things。 He had to eat dinner at the exact same time each night。 What made me sad was that he pretty much died alone and broke。 That seems to happen so much to a lot of famous people。 I was glad that his old company stepped up to take care of him。 Great series！ On a side note， I recently watched the Netflix show and it was a lot of fun！ 。。。more

Phat Ho ，

Ồ， quyển này thú vị hơn mình nghĩ。Quả thật trước khi đọc quyển này， mình chẳng biết Nikola Tesla là ai， dù có từng nghe cái tên này ở đâu đó。 Đến lúc đọc quyển sách này mới biết， hóa ra ông là cha đẻ dòng điện xoay chiều， đọc sách rồi mới nhớ đến Vật lý cấp ba có từng biết đến đơn vị Tesla về cường độ cảm ứng từ， cũng nhớ ra là đã từng nghe đến dòng xe được đặt tên là Tesla nữa。 ^^Tesla là người có rất nhiều ý tưởng sáng tạo， các thiết bị hiện đại như điện thoại di dộng， Internet， GPS， radio， ti Ồ， quyển này thú vị hơn mình nghĩ。Quả thật trước khi đọc quyển này， mình chẳng biết Nikola Tesla là ai， dù có từng nghe cái tên này ở đâu đó。 Đến lúc đọc quyển sách này mới biết， hóa ra ông là cha đẻ dòng điện xoay chiều， đọc sách rồi mới nhớ đến Vật lý cấp ba có từng biết đến đơn vị Tesla về cường độ cảm ứng từ， cũng nhớ ra là đã từng nghe đến dòng xe được đặt tên là Tesla nữa。 ^^Tesla là người có rất nhiều ý tưởng sáng tạo， các thiết bị hiện đại như điện thoại di dộng， Internet， GPS， radio， ti vi， radar， đèn neon đều đặt nền móng từ các ý tưởng của ông ấy。 Sách viết ngắn gọn， dễ hiểu nhưng khá cuốn hút， đủ để khái quát về cuộc đời ông， giúp người đọc hiểu thêm về quá trình đi từ ý tưởng đến phát minh và ứng dụng chúng để trở thành những đồ vật vô cùng quen thuộc với cuộc sống mình ngày hôm nay。（view spoiler）[Quyển sách viết về cuộc đời Tesla， nhưng điều mình ấn tượng là không chỉ viết về ông ấy， sách còn đề cập thêm về những người có liên quan đến cuộc đời ông， trong đó phải kể đến Thomas Edition， người phát minh dòng điện một chiều。 Quyển sách mỏng này tưởng chừng không drama， vậy mà drama không tưởng luôn， vì Thomas Edition bên cạnh công việc một nhà khoa học， ông còn là một nhà kinh doanh nữa。 Khi Tesla phát minh ra dòng điện xoay chiều， thứ từng bị giáo sư của chính ông ở trường đại học bảo là không thể， ông nhận thấy dòng điện này có thể truyền đi với khoảng cách xa hơn hẳn dòng điện một chiều – thứ mà công ty của ông Edition đang sản xuất， và từ đó có thể truyền điện cho người dân ở vùng thôn quê。 Đứng dưới góc nhìn kinh doanh， để sản phẩm của mình tiếp tục được ứng dụng， ông Edition đã khiến người dân lúc bấy giờ đồng loạt tẩy chay việc ứng dụng phát minh của Tesla vào đời sống。 Đọc đoạn này thấy đúng tội nghiệp ông Tesla， và khiến mình nhìn nhận về ông Edition dưới một góc nhìn thực tế hơn nhiều。Một chi tiết khiến mình khá ấn tượng， đó là lúc Westinghouse， chủ công ty đã mua lại phát minh của Tesla đế kinh doanh， gặp khó khăn khi đối đầu với công ty của Thomas Edition， và để giúp Westinghouse trong lúc khốn khó， Tesla không ngần ngại xóa bỏ điều khoản về tiền hoa hồng trong hợp đồng mà Westinghouse đã cam kết khi mua bản quyền phát minh của ông， điều này có nghĩa là Tesla sẽ không còn có thể kiếm được thêm đồng nào với phát minh vĩ đại của mình nữa。 Kết quả là đến cuối đời， ông vô cùng nghèo túng， nhưng đổi lại điều đó， công ty Westinghouse đã vượt qua được giai đoạn khốn khó và thuyết phục được các tổ chức chính phủ， giành được quyền ứng dụng dòng điện xoay chiều trước công ty đối thủ， để dẫn điện đi các vùng dân cư xa xôi。 RESPECT！！！ Trong cuộc đời Tesla， không thể không kể đến phát minh về radio， đây quả là một điều khá đáng tiếc。 Tuy ông đã bắt tay nghiên cứu về truyền tín hiệu bằng sóng radio， nhưng do hỏa hoạn thiêu rụi toàn bộ phòng nghiên cứu của ông， cuối cùng một nhà khoa học khác người Ý là Guglielmo Marconi lại được công nhận bằng sáng chế cho phát minh này。 Drama vẫn chưa dừng lại khi Tesla kiện Marconi ra tòa vì vi phạm bản quyền sáng chế của ông， nhưng lúc này Tesla không đủ khả năng tài chính để kiện một tập đoàn lớn như Marcony… Ông đã làm thế nào， và câu chuyện kiện tụng về sau ngã ngũ thế nào， mọi người đọc thêm sách hoặc google nha。 😊））Quyển sách này làm mình hiểu thêm nhiều điều và một nhà khoa học， một cộng đồng giữa các nhà khoa học với nhau， và thậm chí là cạnh tranh trong kinh doanh của các phát minh khoa học nữa。 Từ vựng đơn giản dễ hiểu （vì cho các em nhỏ đọc mà）， nhưng khá nhiều thông tin hay。 （hide spoiler）] 。。。more

Ashlee Powell ，

Loved reading about my favorite historical inventor with my eight year old。

Mosiah Santaigo ，

it was cool and fun

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Am rămas impresionată de această serie de cărți。 Potrivită copiilor de 7+ ani。 Nu le avem pe toate， dar o să le avem neapărat。 Detalii foarte multe din viața multor oameni influenți ai lumii， cei care au schimbat cursul vieții noastre spre bine。 Informațiile sunt bine adaptate copiilor și cărțile conțin multe ilustrații care sunt foare atrăgătoare pentru copii。 Vizualizează foarte bine ceea ce citesc。

Mehrunissa Owens ，

Biography: Who was Nicholas TeslaLexile level: 900LGrades: 3 – 7Ages: 8 -12Get ready for the electrifying biography of Nikola Tesla–part creative genius， part mad scientist， and 100% innovator。A great way to introduce this book to the class is to talk about tesla motor car company。 Most of the children will have heard of Tesla cars， and I can share the fact that Tesla， Inc。 is a line of cars named in his honor。 This will quickly draw attention and students will enjoy learning about this amazing Biography: Who was Nicholas TeslaLexile level: 900LGrades: 3 – 7Ages: 8 -12Get ready for the electrifying biography of Nikola Tesla–part creative genius， part mad scientist， and 100% innovator。A great way to introduce this book to the class is to talk about tesla motor car company。 Most of the children will have heard of Tesla cars， and I can share the fact that Tesla， Inc。 is a line of cars named in his honor。 This will quickly draw attention and students will enjoy learning about this amazing inventor。 In many ways Nikola is similar to Elon Musk， a modern-day inventor and the man who started Tesla Inc。 Cars。“An inventor who once worked with Thomas EdisonAn engineer whose experiments with electricity， remote control， and wireless communication changed the world。 One of the most brilliant and influential scientists of all timeWhen Nikola Tesla arrived in the United States in 1884， he didn’t have much money， but he did have a letter of introduction to renowned inventor Thomas Edison。 The working relationship between the two men was short lived， though， and the two scientist-inventors became harsh competitors。 One of the most influential scientists of all time， Nikola Tesla is celebrated for his experiments in electricity， X-rays， remote controls， and wireless communications。 His invention of the Tesla coil was instrumental in the development of radio technology。”This is a wonderful book about a boy who was a dreamer， he could see in his head what he wanted to build， he tested his theories in his head until he knew they would work， then he built them。 He was way ahead of his time， he had ideas of about things that other people were not even thinking off。This is a great book to have in the classroom， if read independently it will encourage students to think about inventing， engineering， experiments， math and science in new and interesting ways。 Students could choose to do a presentation on Nikola， talking not only about the inventor， but the time he lived in， a little lesson in history about how things were done in the time period between 1850 and 1940。 One really interesting thing about this book is that Nikola was an immigrant！ He talks about what it was like to live in the country he grew up， why he chose to travel to another country， how he got there， and why he chose to stay。 There are several ways I would use this book in the classroom， a history book， a book for math and science， a book for a character to study for a wax museum presentation， a book about a boy and his struggles as he grew up， a book club book for small group discussion， and/or an inspirational book about what you can do and accomplish when you really want to make it happen。 。。。more

Paula Conrad ，

Excellent book。 I read Who Was Thomas Edison？ and then followed by reading this one。 It was fascinating to read about the competition between the men and how they nurtured their ideas。 This book read as if it were fiction。 It was a very interesting book and full of adventure and interesting bits about his life。

CL ，

Designed alternating current （AC） that enabled high voltage currents to travel long distances， then transform it back to low voltage current that is safe to use。 It differed from Thomas Edison’s direct current （DC） which could only travel short distances， thus， requiring many power plants to be built to power all the homesTesla worked with George Westinghouse， who purchased his AC parents。 Tesla later gave up his royalties under the patents to help Westinghouse survive financially。 Westinghouse Designed alternating current （AC） that enabled high voltage currents to travel long distances， then transform it back to low voltage current that is safe to use。 It differed from Thomas Edison’s direct current （DC） which could only travel short distances， thus， requiring many power plants to be built to power all the homesTesla worked with George Westinghouse， who purchased his AC parents。 Tesla later gave up his royalties under the patents to help Westinghouse survive financially。 Westinghouse and Edison competed in the current wars。 Edison tried to convince people that AC was unsafe and even electrocuted stray dogs with AC。 But Westinghouse won contract to power the Chicago World Fair and convinced people of the safety of AC。 Westinghouse won contract to build generators at Niagara Falls。 Tesla narrowly missed out on patent for radio transmission but invented the Tesla coil， which helped improved transmissions。 He foresaw possibility of cell phones and Internet with wireless transmissions。 。。。more

Stephanie Smith ，

I knew nothing of Nikola Tesla before this other than his name。 We read these with our kids for their social studies lessons。 Simple and straightforward reads and very informative for an introductory book on the person。

Danalli Calhoun ，

I love reading this books with my son， recently he wants to read them on his own。 So， this is the firs one i've read in awhile。 I really enjoyed this book， the author did a good job talking about the important bits of Nikola Tesla's life， and I learned a lot throughout the book that I hadn't realized before。 I love reading this books with my son， recently he wants to read them on his own。 So， this is the firs one i've read in awhile。 I really enjoyed this book， the author did a good job talking about the important bits of Nikola Tesla's life， and I learned a lot throughout the book that I hadn't realized before。 。。。more

Doris Gourbere ，

Informative as usual but oh so sad！

Myra Rodriguez ，

Wow， this is a phenomenal series and this one book really is among the best。 I really love this book and its extremely positive viewpoint of his life， skills， interests， competitiveness， quirks， choices。 It is a children's book that is jammed packed with information and shares his highs and lows。 I had previously heard， read， or watched something on his life and his constant fighting with Edison。 This book did mentions Edison but only in the fact that they were in a race to win the electricity r Wow， this is a phenomenal series and this one book really is among the best。 I really love this book and its extremely positive viewpoint of his life， skills， interests， competitiveness， quirks， choices。 It is a children's book that is jammed packed with information and shares his highs and lows。 I had previously heard， read， or watched something on his life and his constant fighting with Edison。 This book did mentions Edison but only in the fact that they were in a race to win the electricity race。 It was competition but did not give way to any negativity。 I think， as humans we often tend to showcase the woes of others instead of highlighting what made that person great。 His strengths and creativity were emphasized。 I really enjoyed this book and will definitely gift this book to some of the children in my family and circle of friends。 。。。more

David ，

As a degreed Electrical Engineer I'm ashamed to admit， but I will， that I first learned about Tesla （T） as a derived unit of measure used to express the strength of a magnetic field。 As with many units of measure in various scientific fields， I eventually learned that the Tesla was named in honor of Nikola Tesla， a giant figure in the field of electronics。 He came from humble beginnings and he loved to experiment， especially with anything electrical。 Eventually arriving penniless in America with As a degreed Electrical Engineer I'm ashamed to admit， but I will， that I first learned about Tesla （T） as a derived unit of measure used to express the strength of a magnetic field。 As with many units of measure in various scientific fields， I eventually learned that the Tesla was named in honor of Nikola Tesla， a giant figure in the field of electronics。 He came from humble beginnings and he loved to experiment， especially with anything electrical。 Eventually arriving penniless in America with a letter of introduction to Thomas Edison with whom he did important work。 After a falling out he became Edison's major competitor。 Holder of some 700 patents in the US and Europe his inventions and scientific breakthroughs are way too numerous to list but notably he developed the concepts and applications for AC current， remote controls， wireless communications， robotics， newer forms of turbine engines， and the Tesla Coil。 Much of what he developed formed the basis for modern technology and products that are commonly used today。 Sadly， many today only recognize Tesla as a name for a line of electric vehicles。 Who Was Nikola Tesla by Jim Gigliotti is a short book that is brimming with facts about the life of one of the most prolific inventors in human history。 It is well researched and will hold your interest no matter who you are or what your interests。 。。。more

Emma ，

The things he would have been able to do in today's world。。。 The things he would have been able to do in today's world。。。 。。。more

Sarah Monzon ，

It’s fun learning about historical figures with my 7 year old。 He was very intrigued。

Katrina Winchell ，

I feel like I need to do more research into Tesla before I can decide that this book is truly accurate in its telling。 Some things seemed biased， but I also know that information about Tesla ha been tainted over the years。 Still a good introduction for children to his works and importance in history。

Nathaniel ，

I liked it。

Barbara ，

One of the best Who Was books。 I learned a LOT from this one。 The knowledge made me start to question Edison。 I have passed it on to a couple science teachers in my school and they too have enjoyed it。

L。T。 Davis ，

Very good book。 Very imformational

Sue ，

They bypassed immigration in those days？ This guy traveled everywhere and no mention made of how he just jumped from country to country。

KWinks ，

I feel like I waited YEARS for this one！ Yay to the WhoHQ people。 Well done！

Roger Flores-Chacon ，

I chose the book because I wanted to learn about someone's life。 Nikola was quite a crazy person as he wanted to see if he could fly just by going up a second story building and holding an umbrella out the window while jumping out of it and also how he was wanting to build a death ray to end all wars。 I chose the book because I wanted to learn about someone's life。 Nikola was quite a crazy person as he wanted to see if he could fly just by going up a second story building and holding an umbrella out the window while jumping out of it and also how he was wanting to build a death ray to end all wars。 。。。more

Bruce Gleba ，

Quick read - not as much background or analysis of the man as I would have liked。

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