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DVD

Tesla

Call Number

  • DVD 921 T337T (EAS, WSQ)

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Languages

In English, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Narrated by Michael Murphy.

Publication Information

[Boston] : WGBH Educational Foundation, [2016]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 60 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the electrical age of the 20th century. Although eclipsed in fame by Edison and Marconi, it was Tesla's vision that paved the way for today's wireless world.

Notes

Title from container.

"Visionary or madman?"--Container.

Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of American experience in 2016.

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