Annotated Bibliography

Tesla Annotated Bibliography

Dean Costakos and Ian Lizarda
Period E
Primary Sources
"An Interview with Nikola Tesla, Electrical Wizard." Interview by Samuel Cohen. The
Electrical Experimenter June 1915: 39-45. Tesla Universe. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.teslauniverse.com/pdf/articles/19150600-01.pdf>.
This interview with Tesla was mainly used to show how people reacted to his
inventions at the time. Samuel Cohen stated that Tesla was definitely a 100 years ahead
of his time, and so this newspaper interview helps to understand how advanced Tesla
was.

Tesla, Nikola. Electro Magnetic Motor. Patent 382.279. 1888.

Since this was Teslas most important and influential patent, it was appropriate to
study. We still use AC motors today, which Tesla invented. To have invented something
so ahead of his time, the patent for his great invention was very useful to use.

Tesla, Nikola. The Invention, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla. Comp. Thomas
C. Martin. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1992.
Famous inventions and lecture transcripts were in this source, and it helped us to
understand when he was becoming a sort of celebrity, and how he could win over
peoples minds to amaze them and teach them what he had to give.

Tesla, Nikola. My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla. Waking Lion Press,
2006; originally published as a series of articles in Electrical Experimental
magazine, 1919.
This source was used to get an idea of the massive number of inventions that Tesla
made. It also helped to understand Tesla through his own words and feelings; nothing is
more authentic than a man writing about himself. Since Tesla was such an independent
person, Tesla himself is the best person to explain who Tesla was.

"TWP Nikola Tesla Photo Archive." Tesla Wardenclyffe Project. 13 Feb. 2009.
This photo archive helped supply the photos used in the website, to show Teslas
demeanor and what he looked like.
Secondary Sources
Dickerson, By Kelly. "Wireless Electricity? How the Tesla Coil Works." LiveScience.
TechMedia Network, 10 July 2014. Web. 17 Dec. 2014.
This source was very helpful in explaining the basic characteristics and actions of
the Tesla Coil. It also stated what the Tesla Coil brought in terms of advancements
regarding science.

Filipin, Renato. "Tesla: The Forgotten Genius." Trumpeter 2006: 1-5. The Trumpeter.
Croatian Stamps. Web. 12 Dec. 2014.
This source was helpful in pinpointing certain aspects of Teslas invention career
that we may have overlooked or forgotten about. It was also helpful in detailing how

Tesla was pretty much shunned out since Edison and others took the spotlight, when
really he was the genius.

Hall-Geisler, Kristen. "What Were Nikola Tesla's Famous Inventions?" (n.d.): n. pag.
How Stuff Works. Web. 17 Dec. 2014.
This source was extremely helpful in explaining the most important inventions of
Tesla. These inventions were his most significant contributions to the world, so
explaining them was important.

"Nikola Tesla." Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
1973. U.S. History in Context. Web. 17 Dec. 2014.
This source gave some valuable background information about Tesla which helped
to develop the body of the website. This was the most useful source because it gave a
great overview of Teslas life.

"New Energy, Early Pioneers - Nikola Tesla." Alternative Energy Institute. 15 Feb. 2009
This source gave valuable information about Teslas rivalry with Thomas Edison
and also provided some good quotes by Tesla.

"Tesla Radio." Tesla Radio. Tesla Memorial Society of New York, n.d. Web. 16 Dec.
2014.
This source gave valuable insight on the discovery that Tesla was the one to invent
the radio first; he just had not patented it yet. It talks about Teslas radio transmitter, and

how people today still dont know that Tesla started what is found in most cars today.