Review: AC Electricity Will Kill Everyone in The House!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2014
At first, I thought I must have the wrong book, because "Tesla" was nowhere to be found! Page after page--no Tesla!  This preliminary information is a treatise on creativity and intelligence.  Pretty interesting, but hey--I thought I "bought" a book about Mr. Tesla! After this lengthy intro on imagination, the actual piece on Tesla starts. Yea!  Finally!I think the author chose this figure wisely. Tesla is really an excellent inspirational figure--one of the most fascinating scientists in history.  His life, as shown in the anecdotes the author recites, is truly a bizarre tale.  I've had occasion to read about Tesla before, and I was intrigued.  I guess, working for a related industry, I find all this pretty darn interesting!  Edison claimed that any home powered with AC (which we use today) would result in the deaths of everyone in the home.Well, I admit it's all a bit "geeky" that stuff about alternating current versus direct current, but I think most readers, having picked up this book, are likely members of the geeky fraternity anyway.A few thoughts: Firstly, It's indeed true that there are promotions in this edition for other books. I didn't mind these, because they actually sound very interesting.  I just give credit to the author/publisher for being creative.  Hey--isn't that what the theme is?Secondly, I don't think we should be too quick to make accusations of plagiarism. Let's err on the side of assuming the best of an author, not assuming the worst.Finally, I didn't try downloading the "Bonus Book" on Alexander the Great, since that would have to be a separate review. But I'm not too interested in Alexander, since like Edison, he didn't believe in AC power in his house.