The Croatian-born inventor headed to Menlo Park, N.J., where Thomas Edison hired him. But egos clashed, and Tesla quit to pursue his alternating-current induction motor, which brought electricity to the masses.
From the phone that has changed phones forever, to futuristic cars, to a building made of water, to a remote-controlled dragonfly — a dazzling display of ingenuity
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)