David Hatcher Childress
Author of The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla (The Lost Science Series)
About the Author
David Hatcher Childress is the author of numerous books that focus on ancient astronauts, UFOs, and anti-gravity. In Extraterrestrial Archaeology: Incredible Proof We Are Not Alone, Childress uses photographs, drawings, and maps to demonstrate that the moons and planets in our solar system were show more once, and still are, inhabited by extraterrestrial beings. Childress's Lost Cities series, which includes Lost Cities of North and Central America and Lost Cities and Ancient Mysteries of South America, takes the reader on an incredible adventure through time exploring ancient mysteries and lost civilizations. Other Childress books include Anti-Gravity Handbook and Man-Made UFO's 1944-1994: 50 Years of Suppression, which was written with Renato Vesco. Childress resides in Kempton, Illinois. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by David Hatcher Childress
Pirates and the Lost Templar Fleet: The Secret Naval War Between the Knights Templar and the Vatican (2003) 77 copies
The Free-Energy Device Handbook: A Compilation of Patents & Reports (Lost Science Series) (1994) 24 copies
Ancient Tonga & the Lost City of Mu'A: Including Samoa, Fiji, & Rarotonga (Lost Cities of the Pacific Series) (1996) 10 copies
Ancient Micronesia & the Lost City of Nan Madol: Including Palau, Yap, Kosrae, Chuuk & the Marianas (Lost Cities (1998) 7 copies
El Secreto de Cristobal Colon.La flota Templaria y el descubrimiento de America (Historia Incognita / Unknown History)… (2006) 2 copies
More Far-Out Adventures: Further Strange Adventures from the Pages of World Explorer Magazine (2011) 2 copies
Los templarios y el secreto de Cristóbal Colón las claves de la verdadera identidad del almirante y el… (2007) 1 copy
Associated Works
Disinformation Guide to Ancient Aliens, Lost Civilizations, Astonishing Archaeology & Hidden History (2013) — Contributor — 45 copies
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- Canonical name
- Childress, David Hatcher
- Legal name
- Childress, David Hatcher
- Birthdate
- 1957
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- France
- Places of residence
- Colorado, USA
Montana, USA
Kempton, Illinois, USA
Stelle, Illinois, USA - Occupations
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publisher - Organizations
- Adventures Unlimited Press
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Reviews
Technology of the Gods: The Incredible Sciences of… by David Hatcher Childress
Its scientific merit is hopeless but it's not very good as entertainment either.
Aren't there any good books written about Nikola Tesla?? This is the second one I've read, and both have been below par. "Fantastic Inventions" has entire chapters consisting of Tesla's patent drawings, none of which I can understand, being that I know nothing about how electricity works. But even if I did, there are no explanations accompanying the drawings, so what good are they? Other chapters seem to be lectures or articles he wrote. The Appendix is a partial transcript of a trial -just the part where witnesses are trying to describe the conditions of Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower before it was demolished. Some reprints of newspaper articles and photographs of the laboratories liven things up, but this books was very disappointing overall.
I took out of this two things of interest; One, that in his article of March 5, 1904 (Electrical World and Engineer) he states "... A cheap and simple device, which might be carried in one's pocket, may then be set up somewhere on sea or land, and it will record the world's news or such special messages as may be intended for it. Thus the entire earth will be converted into a huge brain, as it were, capable of response in every one of its parts." (Sounds like cell phones w/Internet access to me!) Two, that the mad scientist in the very first Max Fletcher "Superman" cartoons of the early 1940's were most likely patterned after Tesla, who believed that he had created a "Death-Beam" in 1934.… (more)
I took out of this two things of interest; One, that in his article of March 5, 1904 (Electrical World and Engineer) he states "... A cheap and simple device, which might be carried in one's pocket, may then be set up somewhere on sea or land, and it will record the world's news or such special messages as may be intended for it. Thus the entire earth will be converted into a huge brain, as it were, capable of response in every one of its parts." (Sounds like cell phones w/Internet access to me!) Two, that the mad scientist in the very first Max Fletcher "Superman" cartoons of the early 1940's were most likely patterned after Tesla, who believed that he had created a "Death-Beam" in 1934.… (more)
Couldn't even finish this book despite the fascinating subject. Full of spelling and typographical errors, scattered, overall just very poorly written. If the writing and publishing was so sloppy, who is to say that the research was done properly? Not only annoying to try to read, but I can't trust the content. The only reason I gave this book 2 stars instead of 1 is because I did get other book and subject ideas to read from it. Could have been a great book, sad really.
This is an amazing read. All I can say is that you will be missing out if you do not check this out!
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