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Tesla: The Electric Magician

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Biographical
  • Industrial/Military Technology
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Non-Profit
  • Physical Sciences
  • Secondary Source
URL: 

http://www.parascope.com/en/1096/tesindex.htm

Author: 
ParaScope
Excerpt: 

Despite his relative obscurity, the greatest genius of all time may have been Nikola Tesla. With over 700 patents in his name, Tesla shaped our current technological landscape more than any other individual. How, then, did this great man end up dying destitute and in obscurity? Did Tesla's extraordinary mind decline into insanity... or was he simply far, far ahead of his time?

In this epic-length series, ParaScope takes a look at the early life and bizarre eccentricities of the great inventor, and his hard-fought first victory with the alternating current engine.

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