3 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Serbian-American inventor — who developed alternating current (AC) electrical systems, the Tesla coil, the induction motor, and made fundamental contributions to radio — whose work enabled the electrification of the world but who died penniless and alone.
American utilities entrepreneur who was Thomas Edison's personal secretary — and who built Chicago's electricity system and one of the largest utility holding company empires in America — before his empire collapsed in the 1932 Great Depression, becoming one of the great cautionary tales of leveraged holding companies.
American inventor and entrepreneur — who invented the phonograph, the practical incandescent lightbulb, the motion picture camera, and the electrical power distribution system — with 1,093 US patents — who created Menlo Park, the first industrial research laboratory.