[ovrtaxt]

Especially since the US government seized a massive amount of his research upon his death.

Or is that just a legend?

[carmenbmw]

I have read that opon his death Tesla was in a 1 room place, and the govt cleaned it out.....

[eleni121]

I don't know the particulars. I hope some science historian freepers can enlighten us.

[cloud8]

I dont know about US seizures, but Tesla and Edison battled about electricity delivery, with Tesla winning.

There is a huge Tesla spark generator in the Boston Museum of Science. Bzzt! Zzzzap! Pow!

[Ditto]

Especially since the US government seized a massive amount of his research upon his death.

Or is that just a legend?

No, that's the truth. He died in 1943, right in the middle of WWII. The FBI took all of his note books and research papers thinking their could have been implications for national security in them. After the war, the materials were turned over to the Yugoslav government where Tesla was and still is a national hero.

[Nathan Zachary]

There are all sorts of myths and conspiracy theories out there.
while Tesla did discover alternating currents, which made it possible to transmittion power over long distances in the early days, it actually hampered development of HVDC transmission lines, which have all but replaced AC transmission lines in Mordern hydro electric power transmission.

There are others trying to rediscover some failed theories of his, namely geting "free enery from the vaccum" (Tom Bearden types) But the trouble is they all violate the law of conservation, the lens laws, And the laws of thermodynamics.
They also think Aliens are taking over the world,and the Soviets have powerful "woodpecker" signals that can destroy the world, and the CIA has powerful mind altering weapons that control your every thought and mood. (tin hat crowd) Tom beardens' "theories" and boogey men