Tesla was in his own words an enigma. We would not have poly phase power, 3 phase without him. He was brilliant in invention and an utter idiot when it came to protecting his patents. He stood at one point to be the richest man in the world, but died penniless. Being that he was from Yugoslavia the establishment in the western world seemed to do there best to bury him, in particular Edison. Even a 1930's superman cartoon has a tesla like mad scientist using a large tesla coil death ray. Even to this day there is a continuing force against tesla and his work. Aside from this there is a growing cult like reverence for the man which seems to grow every year. Some of which is beginning to grow into more myth then fact. His achievements are recognized by the engineering fields that he impacted but aside from that he will continue to be a mere myth to the world.
Cool site http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ well worth the time.
Cool site http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ well worth the time.
