Nikola Tesla's accomplishments are today still underrated. While Edison
is credited with being the inventor of the light bulb, it is Tesla's
alternating current that powers much of the world. Likewise, while
Guglielmo Marconi is popularly credited with inventing the radio,
Tesla's work was instrumental in its development. In fact, the Supreme
Court overturned Marconi's patent in 1943, crediting Tesla with being
the first to patent radio technology.
Tesla used his eponymous Tesla Coil, a high frequency transformer, as
the basis for experiments in electrical lighting, x-rays,
phosphorescence, electro-therapy, and the wireless transmission of
electric energy. He is also credited with inventing the fluorescent bulb
and neon light, as well as the spark plug for internal combustion
engines. Tesla provided the basis for radar, the electron microscope,
and microwave ovens. He even dabbled in robotics, far ahead of his time.
Selected Tesla Writings is a collection of scientific papers and
articles about the work of one of the greatest geniuses of all time.