Thomas Edison V. Nikola Tesla
26 March 2013
Nikola Tesla was born on 10 July 1856, in Smiljan, now Croatia. He was the son of an Orthodox priest. In history, he will be remembered as a scientist who is openly opposed to the then unquestioned scientific authority to Thomas Edison. Tesla insisted on converting DC into AC, which even the great scientist Edison, did not have in his head.
At the very beginning, Edison was Tesla's idol and worked with him for a time as an assistant. He worked 18 hours a day, seven days a week. Edison recommended Tesla to Charles Bachelor, former Edison's employer who sent the following letter: "I know two great men, you're one of them, and the other is this young man."
However, soon after coming