In Tesla: Man Out of Time, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest scientists and inventors. Called a madman by his enemies, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla was, without a doubt, a trailblazing inventor who created astonishing, sometimes world-transforming devices that were virtually without theoretical precedent. Tesla not only discovered the rotating magnetic field -- the basis of most alternating-current machinery -- but also introduced us to the fundamentals of robotics, computers, and missile science. Almost supernaturally gifted, unfailingly flamboyant and neurotic, Tesla was troubled by an array of compulsions and phobias and was fond of extravagant, visionary experimentations. He was also a popular man-about-town, admired by men as diverse as Mark Twain and George Westinghouse, and adored by scores of society beauties. From Tesla's childhood in Yugoslavia to his death in New York in the 1940s, Cheney paints a compelling human portrait and chronicles a lifetime of discoveries that radically altered -- and continue to alter -- the world in which we live. Tesla: Man Out of Time is an in-depth look at the seminal accomplishments of a scientific wizard and a thoughtful examination of the obsessions and eccentricities of the man behind the science.

玛格丽特•切尼是一位罕见的、作品内容全面的传记作家。关于特斯拉，她还和罗伯特•乌（Robert Uth）合著有《特斯拉：闪电的主人》（Tesla：Master of Lightning）。此外，她写有伟大的歌舞表演者和歌者马伯尔•梅尔瑟（Mabel Mercer）的传记《马伯尔的午夜》(Midnight at Mabel’s)，以及《此时农场为何：美国连环杀人犯》（Meanwhile Farm and Why：The Serial Killer in America）。现居美国加州。