00:00Nikola Tesla's entire life in 60 seconds. He invented the future, but the world made
00:05sure he never got to enjoy it. Nikola Tesla was born in Serbia in 1856. From childhood,
00:11he could visualize complex machines entirely in his mind, no drawings needed. He moved to
00:16America in 1884 and went to work for Thomas Edison. Edison dismissed his ideas and refused
00:21to pay him what he was owed. Tesla walked away. He partnered with George Westinghouse instead.
00:26Together, they proved that alternating current could power entire cities. By 1893, their system
00:33lit up the Chicago World's Fair for millions of people. Then came the war with Edison. The rivalry
00:38was brutal, public and personal. Tesla dreamed even bigger. Wireless electricity, free energy for the
00:45entire world. He built a massive tower on Long Island to transmit power through the air. His
00:50investor pulled the funding and the project collapsed. He died alone in a New York hotel room in 1943.
00:56nearly broke. Today, every time you flip a light switch, you are using his system.
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