Marco Tempest - The Electric Rise and Fall of Nikola Tesla

Today is the birthday of one of history's greatest genius: Nikola Tesla. It probably wouldn't be much of an overstatement to claim that the modern world wouldn't exist without him. He did invent, after all, things like the remote control, wireless communication, alternating current transmission, a death ray and a few other hundreds of things.

To learn about the man and his work, you should watch the documentary Nikola Tesla: Master of Lightning, but for the short version, Marco Tempest has a fascinating visual introduction to get you started:

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