![]() Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla : Biography of a Genius, by Marc J. Tesla: Man out of Time, by Margaret Cheney I recommend the following books.Įmpires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes Nikola Tesla was a strong believer in AC (alternating current) as a means of distributing electricity because it was more efficient than DC (direct current, as favored by Thomas Edison), and because it was easy to step an AC voltage up or down using a transformer made of nothing more than a stack of steel sheets and some coiled-up wire. ![]() (And yes, we are opening a Detroit office, but that’s another story.) ![]() A bit about motors, magnets, AC and DC, and weird little widgets called IGBTs, all the while trying to answer some more of your questions.
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