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2010 Nominated

The Invention of Everything Else

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Louisa is an imaginative and curious chambermaid who, while cleaning rooms at the New Yorker Hotel, stumbles across a man living permanently in room 3327, which he has transformed into a scientific laboratory. Brought together by a shared interest in the pigeons that nest in the hotel, Louisa discovers that the mysterious guest is Nikola Tesla, one of the most brilliant – and most neglected – inventors of the twentieth century.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Samantha
Hunt

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

Samantha Hunt succeeded to catch the essence of Nikola Tesla’s personality, describing him as a person living between genius and madness.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
United States
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harvill Secker

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