‘[‘Wizard’] brings the many complex facets of [Tesla’s] personal and technical life together in to a cohesive whole…. I highly recommend this biography of a great technologist.’ –A.A. Mullin, U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command, COMPUTING REVIEWS’[Along with ‘A Beautiful Mind’] one of the five best biographies written on the brilliantly disturbed.’ –WALL STREET JOURNAL’‘Wizard ‘is a compelling tale presenting a teeming, vivid world of science, technology, culture and human lives.’ –NEW SCIENTIST’Marc Seifer is an excellent writer and scholar, who has produced a wonderfully readable and illuminating biography of one of the most intriguing men of this century… mak[ing] us understand not only the man, but also the times in which he lived. . . . [A] masterpiece.’ –NELSON DEMILLE’The author presents much new material… [and] bases his book on a large number of archival and primary sources…. Underneath the layers of hero worship, the core of Seifer’s book is a serious piece of scholarship.’ –Ronald Kline, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ‘Seifer has done a remarkable job going through all the Tesla manuscripts… ferret[ing] out hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles in which he traces out Tesla’s public image [and] offers a reasonable reconstruction of Tesla’s emotional world. . . . Seifer has significantly advanced our understanding of Tesla.’ –Bernard Carlson, author of Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age, for ISIS’It is my opinion that Dr. Seifer leads the world as the most authoritative of all the Tesla researchers.’ –J.W. McGINNIS, President, International Tesla Society’Far and away the best job among Tesla biographies.’ –Jeffrey D. Kooistra, INFINITE ENERGY’‘Wizard ‘is … utterly absorbing with chapters charting all stages of Tesla’s life…. Seifer treats his prodigious subject with sympathy and realism.’ –NEXUS’Wizard… presents a much more accurate… picture of Tesla…. [It] is thorough, informative, entertaining and a valuable addition to electrotechnological history, past and future.’ –ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TIMES’In modern times, Tesla may be enjoying a comeback thanks to books like ‘Wizard.’’ –THE NEW YORK TIMES’Here is a deep and comprehensive biography of a great engineer of early electrical science. Indeed, it is likely to become the definitive biography of the Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla. …. Highly recommended.’ –AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
