The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla
by Nikola Tesla
Recommended by Larry Page
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The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention. It is the most important product of his creative brain. Its ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of the forces of nature to human needs. This is the difficult task of the inventor who is often misunderstood and unrewarded. But h...
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Larry Page
American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur (born 1973)
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