Learn More. The decisive battle took place in 1893 at the Chicago World’s Fair. Learn about the most powerful non-destructive magnet in the world -- and how Nikola Tesla's work more than a century ago makes it possible.
You’ve probably heard about the famous rivalry between Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison—both giants of electrical engineering whose innovations …

The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world. With Benedict Cumberbatch, Oliver Powell, Katherine Waterston, Nancy Crane. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon.


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On one side, the celebrated inventor Thomas Edison.

It included commercial competition, a debate over electrical safety, and a nasty media propaganda campaign led by Edison. On the other, his former employee Nikola Tesla.

The two feuding geniuses waged a "War of Currents" in the 1880s over whose electrical system would power the world — Tesla's alternating-current (AC) system or Edison's …

The war of the currents was a series of events surrounding the introduction of direct current electricity (DC) Thomas Edison invention –based Edison Electric Light Company and the alternating current (AC) Nikola Tesla invention –based Westinghouse Electric Company. From Tesla's Lab to Los Alamos: Powerful Magnets Come Full Circle.