Includes bibliographical essay (pages 249-264) index

Lightning strikes examines Nikola Tesla's unusual life and mind, along with his many visions and innovations, which have helped shape our past, our present, and our future. It also explores why the government hoped to shut down his bold experiments and how his groundbreaking ideas and inventions are being implemented in the global technologies of clean power, robotics, and wireless transmission of power and information. But most of all, Lightning Strikes offers lessons on creativity from his life and work that can be applied in today's world

"Seventy years after his death, Nikola Tesla has become a rock star."