Questo volume presenta una delle più ricche e complete raccolte di scritti di Nikolai Tesla, una figura fondatrice dell'industria elettrica moderna e rivale di lunga data di Thomas Edison. Include l'autobiografia di Tesla, My Inventions, e il lungo saggio filosofico "The Problem of Increasing Human Energy: With Special Reference to the Harnessing of the Sun's Energy", oltre a una serie di lezioni: "A New System of Alternate Current Motors and Transformers", "On Electricity" e altro ancora.
Inventor Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) emigrated to the United States from his native Croatia in 1884 to work for Thomas Edison. He contributed to the development of the alternating-current electrical system, which made the universal transmission and distribution of electricity possible. George Westinghouse purchased the patents to Tesla's induction motor and made it the basis of the Westinghouse power system, which underlies the modern electrical power industry.