Tesla Fact vs. Fiction: Why the Public Perception is Wrong

Almost everything commonly told about Tesla is wrong! He didn’t invent AC, he didn’t battle Edison over AC vs. DC, he didn’t even have a rivalry with Edison, he didn’t want to give everyone free electricity and he wasn’t a Physics genius! Referencing primary sources I can show you why we have such a perverted view of Tesla’s real accomplishments and life. If you want to read this as an article (with lots of references) click here: I have a lot of videos about different elements in the history of electricity, including: Faraday discovering induction The invention of generators: Edison creating the light bulb empire: The AC/DC war: Hertz discovering radio: The Discovery of the Tesla Coil & How it Works: Marconi Creating a Wireless Empire: The lovely modern tesla coil movie comes with permission from Greg at He has some great advice if you are crazy enough to try to make some of these machines yourself. And, as always, thanks to Kim Nalley for the great music.