{"product_id":"famous-scientific-illusions-nikola-tesla-on-scientific-error-invention-and-misread-phenomena-hardcover","title":"Famous Scientific Illusions: Nikola Tesla on Scientific Error, Invention, and Misread Phenomena - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNikola Tesla\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFamous Scientific Illusions\u003c\/em\u003e collects Nikola Tesla's sharp challenges to accepted scientific explanations, showing the great inventor in his most combative and independent-minded form.\u003c\/strong\u003e In these essays, Tesla questions what he regarded as persistent errors in scientific interpretation, including the axial rotation of the Moon, Franklin's pointed lightning rod, and common misunderstandings about wireless communication. The title essay appeared in \u003cem\u003eElectrical Experimenter\u003c\/em\u003e in February 1919, and the table of contents commonly associated with the book includes \"The Illusion of the Axial Rotation of the Moon,\" \"The Fallacy of Franklin's Pointed Lightning-Rod,\" and \"The Singular Misconception of the Wireless.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not Tesla as myth or legend, but Tesla as a working scientific controversialist: precise, confident, sceptical, and willing to stand against prevailing expert opinion when he believed the evidence had been misread. Whether modern readers accept every argument or not, the value of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFamous Scientific Illusions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e lies in seeing Tesla's habits of thought at close range-his suspicion of careless consensus, his command of physical principles, and his relentless drive to correct what he saw as false assumptions in science and technology. For readers of Nikola Tesla, invention, electricity, wireless history, scientific controversy, and the history of science, this compact collection offers a revealing look at one of the modern age's most famous technical minds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 52\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49502705975448,"sku":"9781515438199","price":41.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/O-XMPYR3hi9781515438199.webp?v=1784317912","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/famous-scientific-illusions-nikola-tesla-on-scientific-error-invention-and-misread-phenomena-hardcover","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}