The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention. It is the most important product of his creative brain. Its ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of the forces of nature to human needs. This is the difficult task of the inventor who is often misunderstood and unrewarded. But he finds ample compensation in the pleasing exercises of his powers and in the knowledge of being one of that exceptionally privileged class without whom the race would have long ago perished in the bitter struggle against pitiless elements. Speaking...

The Problem of Increasing Human Energy: With Special References to the Harnessing of the Sun's Energy is a work written by inventor and physicist, Nikola Tesla. This work was developed largely based on his acquired knowledge as both a mechanical and electrical engineer, and focuses on his ideas for the survival of the human race. Today with the fears of global warming, this Tesla work has been used as a starting point for understanding the problems that the human race could be facing. The Problem of Increasing Human Energy is highly recommended for individuals who are interested in scientific...

The Problem of Increasing Human Energy: With Special References to the Harnessing of the Sun's Energy is a work written by inventor and physicist, Nikola Tesla. This work was developed largely based on his acquired knowledge as both a mechanical and electrical engineer, and focuses on his ideas for the survival of the human race. Today with the fears of global warming, this Tesla work has been used as a starting point for understanding the problems that the human race could be facing. The Problem of Increasing Human Energy is highly recommended for individuals who are interested in scientific...

Nikola Tesla has been called the most important man of the twentieth century. Certainly he contributed more to the field of electricity, radio, and television than any other person living or dead. Ultimately he died alone and impoverished having driven all of his friends away through his neurotic and eccentric behavior. Tesla was never able to fit into the world that he found himself in. This autobiography, My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla, originally serialized in Electrical Experimenter, is an intensely fascinating glimpse into the mind of a genius, his...