Nikola Tesla WEBINAR February 20 2014 12:00pm - 1:00pm at American Association for the Advancement of Science. Inventor Nikola Tesla was one of greatest geniuses and biggest underdogs of the modern age. Panel experts include: Author Marc Seifer, whose biography, Wizard: The Life & Times of Nikola Tesla, portrays Tesla as the principal architect of the modern age. He explores the struggles Tesla faced to get credit for his inventions and how a man with great vision ended up impoverished and all but forgotten. Seifers presentation will look at Tesla the man and what drove him to invent, the qualities that made him a great scientist, and his most influential inventions. Jane Alcorn, president of the Tesla Science Center, a not-for-profit organization that is converting Tesla’s lab at Wardenclyffe in Shoreham, NY, into a center for science education and research. Alcorn has been instrumental in the successful crowdfunding effort to raise funds to restore and preserve the lab for future generations. Alcorn will update us on the work under way at Wardenclyffe. And Joe DiPrima, artist and founding member of ArcAttack — a performance group that uses Tesla coils to make music. ArcAttack has wowed audiences with their sparking coils and lightning conducting stunt man. Theyve collaborated with magician-illusionist David Blaine on an endurance challenge and were featured on the TV show Americas Got Talent. The group not only entertains but educates the public on the science behind Teslas coils. DiPrima will introduce us to ArcAttack and demonstrate how they use the coils to make music. membercentral.aaas.org/multimedia/webinars/electrifying-world-nikola-tesla
Posted on: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:43:59 +0000
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