Nikola Tesla for Kids: His Life, Ideas, and Inventions, with 21 Activities (72) (For Kids series)

Nikola Tesla was a physicist, electrical engineer, and world-renowned inventor whose accomplishments faded into oblivion after his death in 1943. Some considered this eccentric visionary to be a mad scientist, but many of his ideas and inventions that were deemed impossible during his lifetime have since become reality. He is now acknowledged to have invented the radio ahead of Marconi. Tesla was undeniably eccentric and compulsive. Among other things, Tesla developed generators, fluorescent tubes, neon lights, and a small remote-controlled boat. He also helped design the worlds first hydroelectric plant at Niagara Falls. Nikola Tesla for Kids is the story of Nikola Teslas life and ideas, complete with a time line, 21 hands-on activities, and additional resources to better understand his many accomplishments.