The genius of Nikola Tesla.(The Right Perspective)(Biography)

From: The New American | Date: July 28, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Just as we acknowledge the greatness of Thomas Edison ("The Man Who Lit Up the World" by William Hoar, in THE NEW AMERICAN'S June 30th issue), we must also acknowledge the genius of Nikola Tesla.

As Margaret Cheney and Robert Uth write in their book Tesla, Master of Lightning, "This is the story of a genius--the enigmatic Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)--and his vast contribution to science. While Thomas Edison was thrilling engineers with the development of the DC (direct current) motor, Tesla had already devised the far superior AC (alternating current) model, which quickly became ...

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