Tesla: A Man Out of Time by Margaret Cheney, one of my favourite biographies.
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In memoriam.
http://www.reformation.org/nikola-tesla.html
(NOTE: I said 'pretty good' because some of the writing has a bit of a conspiracy-theory feel to it. Other than that though...)
Just a bit! At one point they seem to suggest Titanic was sank as part of the huge plot against Tesla :P
X-Rays, Radio, AC electricity, Solar Heating, Vacuum Tubes, R/C Vehicles, Torpedoes, Force Fields, Microwave Transmissions, High Voltage Conductors, Wireless Communications, World Wide Broadcasting, Phosphorescent Lighting, Robots, Liquid Oxygen, Under Ground Power Lines, Cryogenics, Radar, Guided Missiles, Automobile Speedometer, Highway Systems, Parking Garages, Interplanetary Communications, Death Rays and so much more!