I think Nicola Tesla is over fantasied, due to the fact early media and average people couldn't understand basic electricity yet and it all seemed magic to them.
As for his inventions he mostly improved on others earlier ideas than to invent something trully new. Like the electric motor/generator. Scientists played with something similar even befor Faraday, but it was useless without a reliable electric network. Thats where Edison and Westinghouse come in...
Lehike08 t1_j8w2i4d wrote
Reply to Why Nikola Tesla is So Famous (and Westinghouse is not) by pier4r
I think Nicola Tesla is over fantasied, due to the fact early media and average people couldn't understand basic electricity yet and it all seemed magic to them.
As for his inventions he mostly improved on others earlier ideas than to invent something trully new. Like the electric motor/generator. Scientists played with something similar even befor Faraday, but it was useless without a reliable electric network. Thats where Edison and Westinghouse come in...