{"product_id":"tesla-wizard-at-war-isbn-9780806540962","title":"Tesla: Wizard at War","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this insightful and revelatory new book, the author of the highly acclaimed, award-winning international bestseller  \u003ci\u003eWizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla\u003c\/i\u003e delves deeper into the groundbreaking ideas and astonishing mind of one  of the greatest geniuses of modern times. The culmination of more than four decades of research, \u003ci\u003eTesla: Wizard at War\u003c\/i\u003e explores the historical impact of Tesla’s particle beam weapon and other brilliant work—and how it continues to  shape global military technology and diplomatic strategies even today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"In a few years hence, it will be possible for nations to fight without armies, ships or guns, by weapons far more terrible to the destructive action and range of which there is virtually no limit. Any city at any distance whatsoever from the enemy can be destroyed by him and no power on Earth can stop him from doing so.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikola Tesla, circa 1925\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on forty years of research and a treasure trove of new information, \u003ci\u003eTesla: Wizard at War\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive view of Tesla's discoveries, which continue to influence today's military technology and diplomatic strategies. One of the world's leading Tesla experts, Marc J. Seifer offers new insight into the brilliant scientist's particle beam weapon (a.k.a. the \"Death Ray\") and explores his military negotiations with pivotal historical figures\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eincluding his links to Joseph Stalin, Vannevar Bush, General Andrew McNaughton, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Tesla's role in the origins of Star Wars technology and his dynamic theory of gravity to the real purpose behind the iconic tower at Wardenclyffe, this is an eye-opening account of Tesla's projects, passions, and ambitions—and an illuminating, important study of one of history's most intriguing figures.\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR MARC J. SEIFER AND THE CLASSIC \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWIZARD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF NIKOLA TESLA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003eTesla: Wizard at War\u003c\/i\u003e should be seen as a worthy companion to Seifer’s excellent earlier biography [Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla]. The new book is a compendium of Tesla’s writings, newspaper accounts of his interactions with the rich and famous, scrapbooks of fan letters, and other odds and ends. Seifer manages the difficult task of balancing verifiable facts with deflating some of the more outlandish myths without diminishing Tesla’s present-day stature. . . . Compelling.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRepublican-American\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eIn his second book about Tesla, Marc Seifer once again breaks through the legend, the enigma, and the life and times of a man who brought more technical innovation to humanity than any other in history. This book is a treasure trove of never before published details about Tesla’s invention and his personal relationships with the celebrities, scientists and business moguls of the early twentieth century.”\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Toby Grotz, Gaia Energy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Memorable biographies uniquely combine rigorous research with lyrical, narrative storytelling that captures both the individual and the world they existed within. Seifer is a rigorous researcher, clearly having spent much of his adult life following Tesla’s trail. His innumerable quotes from Tesla, his associates (both scientific and social) and secondary-source material are exceptional.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Marc Seifer is an excellent writer and scholar, who has produced a wonderfully readable and illuminating biography of one of the most intriguing men of this century...mak[ing] us understand not only the man, but also the times in which he lived....[A] masterpiece.” \u003cb\u003e—Nelson DeMille \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Underneath the layers ... the core of Seifer’s book is a serious piece of scholarship.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"I highly recommend this biography of a great technologist.” \u003cb\u003e—A.A. Mullin, US Army Space \u0026amp; Strategic Defense Command\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Seifer's vivid, revelatory, exhaustively researched biography rescues pioneer inventor Nikola Tesla from cult status and restores him to his rightful place as a principal architect of the modern age.... Seifer provides the fullest account yet of Tesla.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublisher’s Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eWizard\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling tale presenting a teeming, vivid world of science, technology, culture and human lives.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e“It is my opinion that Dr. Seifer leads the world as the most authoritative of all the Tesla researchers.” \u003cb\u003e—J.W. McGINNIS, President, International Tesla Society\u003c\/b\u003eAn acclaimed expert on the inventor Nikola Tesla and also in the field of graphology, \u003cb\u003eMarc J. Seifer, Ph.D.\u003c\/b\u003e has lectured and published on both subjects widely. He starred in the five-part reality mini-series The Tesla Files on the History Channel and has appeared in Tesla documentaries on American Experience and in the motion picture Tower to the People. His other books include \u003ci\u003eFramed: Murder, Corruption, \u003c\/i\u003eand a \u003ci\u003eDeath Sentence in Florida \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as numerous well-received novels. 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