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Welcome to the WBZ book Club.
I'm Jordan Rich. He was considered a

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genius, the subject of a book
called Tesla Wizard at War, The Genius,

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The Particle Beam Weapon, and the
Pursuit of Power by Mark Ceipher.

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It's a deep look at Tesla's many
discoveries, including the celebrated particle beam weapon,

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also known at the time as the
Deathray. Before and during World War

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II, there was much interest in
the work of Tesla, interest coming from

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the likes of Joseph Stalin, from
the USSR, General Andrew McNaughton, and

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of course Franklin Eleanor Roosevelt. He
pioneered the dynamic theory of gravity, remote

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control, and wrote about the fact
that his inventions, including the quote unquote

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deathray, would make it possible for
nations to fight without army ships or guns.

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Nikola Tesla was a futurist, of
course, who believed that his invention

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of a death ray would be so
horrific that nations would agree not ever to

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use it and put down their weapons
for good. In the speculation today that

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Tesla might have been assassinated because of
his inventive weapons of war and what he

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knew, Tesla Wizard at War,
The Genius, the Particle Beam Weapon,

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and the Pursuit of Power by Mark
Seipher. The Book Club wbz Ustin's news radio