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03082cam a2200361 i 4500 |
| CONTROL NUMBER |
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17659412 |
| DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20150926120224.0 |
| FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
130314s2013 njua b 001 0 eng |
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2012049608 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780691057767 (hardback : acidfree paper) |
| CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
| AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
n-us--- |
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
TK140.T4 |
| Item number |
C37 2013 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
621.3092 |
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B |
| Edition number |
23 |
| OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
BIO015000 |
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SCI021000 |
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SCI022000 |
| Source of number |
bisacsh |
| AUTHOR NAME |
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| AUTHOR NAME |
Carlson, W. Bernard. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Tesla : |
| Remainder of title |
inventor of the electrical age / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
W. Bernard Carlson. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiii, 500 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (page 423-471) and index. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of modern AC electricity, and contributed to the development of radio and television. Like his competitor Thomas Edison, Tesla was one of America's first celebrity scientists, enjoying the company of New York high society and dazzling the likes of Mark Twain with his electrical demonstrations. An astute self-promoter and gifted showman, he cultivated a public image of the eccentric genius. Even at the end of his life when he was living in poverty, Tesla still attracted reporters to his annual birthday interview, regaling them with claims that he had invented a particle-beam weapon capable of bringing down enemy aircraft. Plenty of biographies glamorize Tesla and his eccentricities, but until now none has carefully examined what, how, and why he invented. In this groundbreaking book, W. Bernard Carlson demystifies the legendary inventor, placing him within the cultural and technological context of his time, and focusing on his inventions themselves as well as the creation and maintenance of his celebrity. Drawing on original documents from Tesla's private and public life, Carlson shows how he was an "idealist" inventor who sought the perfect experimental realization of a great idea or principle, and who skillfully sold his inventions to the public through mythmaking and illusion. This major biography sheds new light on Tesla's visionary approach to invention and the business strategies behind his most important technological breakthroughs"-- |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"This is a biography of one of the major 20th-century scientists, Nikola Tesla. It is interdisciplinary, containing accounts of U.S. manufacturing in the early 1900s and other contemporary cultural materials"-- |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Electrical engineers |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Inventors |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
SCIENCE / Electricity. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
SCIENCE / Electromagnetism. |
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7 |
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cbc |
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1 |
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ecip |
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20 |
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| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
01. English Non Fiction |
| COPY-LEVEL INFORMATION (RLIN) |
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| Book number/undivided call number, CCAL (RLIN) |
xh07 2013-03-14 |
| Copy status, CST (RLIN) |
xh07 2013-03-14 ONIX to Dewey |
| Classification number, CCAL (RLIN) |
xn09 2013-06-27 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. |
