A fun local event - Tesla
A Bellingham museum is sponsoring a lecture and book signing.
From
Spark Museum:
Spark Museum to host noted Tesla scholar Bernard Carlson
There are many rumors and myths surrounding Nikola Tesla, and biographer Bernard Carlson will separate fact from fiction on Sunday, September 15 at 4 p.m. at the Spark Museum of Electrical Invention. The event is free with Museum admission.
Surrounded by a variety of jaw-dropping devices, including the MegaZapper, one of the largest Tesla coils in the country, W. Bernard Carlson discusses his new bookTesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age.
He places the legendary inventor within the cultural and technological context of his time and focuses on his inventions themselves as well as the creation and maintenance of his celebrity. Drawing on original documents from Tesla's private and public life, Carlson shows how he was an "idealist" inventor who sought the perfect experimental realization of a great idea or principle, and who skillfully sold his inventions to the public through myth making and illusion. This major biography sheds new light on Tesla's visionary approach to invention and the business strategies behind his most important technological breakthroughs. Book signing follows.
I read Dr. Carlson's book a couple months ago -- the level of research is delightful and Dr. Carlson doesn't fall for the hype that surrounds Tesla's work.
The museum is a lot of fun too -- it started as two collections of antique radio sets and has grown to represent electricity from the 1600's on to present.
Posted by DaveH at September 12, 2013 11:50 AM