print email comment close Tesla: Master of Lightning URL: http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ Description: PBS presents the life, times, and legacy of Nikola Tesla, scientist, inventor, and visionary. Attributed to his genius were the inventions of radio, alternating current (AC), electricity, neon, remote control, hydroelectric power, wireless electricity, death ray, particle beam weapons, and the Tesla coils (high frequency electricity). The program recounts Tesla's intense rivalries with contemporaries Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi. Author: Uth, Robert; Geller, Phylis Publisher: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Extra Keywords notableinventors Library of Congress Subject Headings: Electric engineers Inventors People Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943 LII Database Information: Record 10373 created by Julianna Hamann on 03/11/2001 Last modification on 10/02/2004 Published: 03/11/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/10373