This exciting essay focuses on the explanation and analysis of Nikola Tesla's The Problem of Increasing Human Energy, one the most influential works in history and whose understanding, due to its complexity and depth, escapes comprehension on a first reading. Whether you have already read The Problem of Increasing Human Energy or not, this essay will allow you to immerse yourself in each and every one of its meanings, opening a window to Tesla's visionary thought and his true intention when he created this immortal work.

This exciting essay focuses on the explanation and analysis of Nikola Tesla's The Problem of Increasing Human Energy, one the most influential works in history and whose understanding, due to its complexity and depth, escapes comprehension on a first reading. Whether you have already read The Problem of Increasing Human Energy or not, this essay will allow you to immerse yourself in each and every one of its meanings, opening a window to Tesla's visionary thought and his true intention when he created this immortal work.

In the history of electronic communication, the last quarter of the nineteenth century holds a special place, for it was during this period that the telephone, phonograph, electric light, wireless, and cinema were all invented. In When old Technologies Were New, Carolyn Marvin explores how two of these new inventions--the telephone and the electric light--were publicly envisioned at the end of the nineteenth century, as seen in specialized engineering journals and popular media. Marvin pays particular attention to the telephone, describing how it disrupted established social relations, unsettling customary ways of dividing the private person and family from the more public setting of the community. On the lighter side, she describes how people spoke louder when calling long distance, and how they worried about catching contagious diseases over the phone. A particularly powerful chapter deals with telephonic precursors of radio broadcasting--the "Telephone Herald" in New York and the "Telefon Hirmondo" of Hungary--and the conflict between the technological development of broadcasting and the attempt to impose a homogenous, ethnocentric variant of Anglo-Saxon culture on the public. While focusing on the way professionals in the electronics field tried to control the new media, Marvin also illuminates the broader social impact, presenting a wide-ranging, informative, and entertaining account of the early years of electronic media.

The daughter of Guglielmo Marconi draws upon her father's personal journals and letters as well as from scientific and historical records to chronicle the life and profession of the internationally known inventor.

"Intellectual property" - patents and copyrights - have become controversial. We witness teenagers being sued for "pirating" music - and we observe AIDS patients in Africa dying due to lack of ability to pay for drugs that are high priced to satisfy patent holders. Are patents and copyrights essential to thriving creation and innovation - do we need them so that we all may enjoy fine music and good health? Across time and space the resounding answer is: No. So-called intellectual property is in fact an "intellectual monopoly" that hinders rather than helps the competitive free market regime that has delivered wealth and innovation to our doorsteps. This book has broad coverage of both copyrights and patents and is designed for a general audience, focusing on simple examples. The authors conclude that the only sensible policy to follow is to eliminate the patents and copyright systems as they currently exist.

Este emocionante ensaio centra-se na explicação e análise do Problema de Aumentar a Energia Humana, de Nikola Tesla, uma das obras mais influentes da história e cuja compreensão, pela sua complexidade e profundidade, escapa à compreensão na primeira leitura. Quer você já tenha lido O Problema de Aumentar a Energia Humana ou não, este ensaio permitirá que você mergulhe em cada um de seus significados, abrindo uma janela para o pensamento visionário de Tesla e sua verdadeira intenção ao criar esta obra imortal.

Este apasionante ensayo se centra en la explicación y análisis del Problema de Aumentar la Energía Humana, de Nikola Tesla, uno de los trabajos más influyentes de la historia y cuya comprensión, por su complejidad y profundidad, escapa a la comprensión en primera lectura. Tanto si ya has leído El Problema de Aumentar la Energía Humana como si no, este ensayo te permitirá sumergirte en todos y cada uno de sus significados, abriendo una ventana al pensamiento visionario de Tesla y a su verdadera intención cuando creó este trabajo inmortal.