Tesla
Season 29 Episode 7 | 53m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Meet the genius engineer and inventor whose technology helped create our wireless world.
Nikola Tesla's technology revolutionized the electrical age of the 20th century. Although eclipsed in fame by Edison and Marconi, it was Tesla's vision that paved the way for today's wireless world. His fertile but undisciplined imagination was the source of his genius but also his downfall, as the image of Tesla as a “mad scientist” came to overshadow his reputation as a brilliant innovator.
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Season 29 Episode 7 | 53m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Nikola Tesla's technology revolutionized the electrical age of the 20th century. Although eclipsed in fame by Edison and Marconi, it was Tesla's vision that paved the way for today's wireless world. His fertile but undisciplined imagination was the source of his genius but also his downfall, as the image of Tesla as a “mad scientist” came to overshadow his reputation as a brilliant innovator.
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The first chapter from “Tesla” premiering October 18 at 9/8c on American Experience PBS. (6m 59s)
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