Although he lived in the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth, his reflections remain strikingly timeless ...

The driving force behind the modern electricity system was a genius in his lifetime who, in fictional works, even confronted Beelzebub.

Dinner at Delmonico's -- An ideal childhood (1856-1878) -- Dreaming of motors (1878-1882) -- Learning by doing (1882-1886) -- Mastering alternating current (1886-1888 ...

Introduction: Everywhere is energy -- Born between today and tomorrow -- A glorious dream -- Reverberation of Heaven's artillery -- A whirling field of force -- As revolutionary as gunpowder was to ...