Tesla - master of lightning (DVD)

The work of eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla is foundational to the way Americans live in the 20th Century. His experiments paved the way for radio, neon and fluorescent lights, remote controls, and a better understanding of electrical energy itself. It wasn't easy for Tesla to be the innovator he was; he was met with opposition from heavyweights such as J.P. Morgan and Thomas Edison. But the support of Mark Twain and others brought Tesla through trauma and into the canon of great American idea men.