Review: It's wonderful encouragement for dreamers, especially for those in the technical fields
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 13, 2013
Sean Patrick's book  uses Nikola Tesla's life achievements to write about imagination, how to pursue ideas and make dreams come true, and how to change history in the process. When we talk about these topics these days, we mostly speak of Steve Jobs; people have forgotten Nikola Tesla. Funnily enough I had taught, better touched upon, a tiny part of Tesla's work when I taught TV-Productions; namely that he was the true inventor of the radio. Still I did not have the vaguest idea of all of Tesla's accomplishments.Sean Patrick's book 'Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century ' enlightened me.It is a fabulous read, exciting, and riveting: Of Tesla's great life-long feud with Edison, of manipulation and tricks, of money schemes, and of major wars about power and reputation. In those days, owning and financing the right invention could make a man/company forever rich. The reader understands how and why "the famous financiers and companies became great and profitable and are still around": General Electric, the Westinghouse Corporation, Western Union, J.P. Morgan , Lord Rothschild, John Jacob Astor, and W.K. Vanderbilt. Not always were the methods clean and Sean Patrick also tells their dirty tricks. .One sentence at the beginning of this book struck me in particular:"Opportunities are whispers, not foghorns."Sean Patrick tells of many whispers and how it got to be that they are still being heard today.5 stars and highly recommend to all.Gisela Hausmann, author & blogger