Author: O'NEILL, JOHN J.
Title: Prodigal Genius - the Life of Nikola Tesla
Description: New York: Ives Washburn, Inc, 1945. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. "In this penetrating study of the life and mind of a scientific superman, Nikola Tesla is revealed as a figure of genius whose influence upon the world around us is incalculable, and whose shadow stretches far into the future." - dust jacket. "Ought to be read by anyone who takes the slightest interest in this highly electrified world of ours." - Waldemar Kaempffert in the New York Times. Fourth printing of the 1944 first edition. Author was Science Editor of the N.Y. Herald Tribune and a longtime friend of Tesla. 326 pages. Index. Partial list of patents. Tight and unmarked. Faint bookseller rubber stamp to bottom of title page, otherwise unmarked. The complete dust jacket is patched at bottom of spine and appears to have been previously stored in a sleeve which left black residue to the upper and bottom edges of the boards and endpapers. It is now stored in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Bit of nibbling from bottom of spine. A sound example of this truly epic life story.; 8vo. Good in Good dust jacket .

Keywords: Biography & Technology