How Nikola Tesla's Kindness Ruined His Life
Why Tesla's tower of dreams collapsed. Visit https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ to start learning STEM for FREE and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription.Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pomhttps://twitter.com/cindypomGrab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.comThank you to our Patrons, including Igli LaciSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Special thanks to the following for permission to use their material: 4:53 Alan Bellows of Damn Interesting https://www.damninteresting.com/teslas-tower-of-power/7:38 Archive of The Electrical Experimenter courtesy of The Tesla Collection http://teslacollection.com/tesla_articles/1917/electrical_experimenter/h_winfield_secor/u_s_blows_radio_towerThe footage aired in the story constitute Fair Use for news reporting purposes. Other elements were purchased by Newsthink Ltd. Or fall under a creative commons license in which re-use is allowed.Image sources:0:13 Nikola Tesla color photo pulsepowernow.com, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons6:11 Background image of Marconi: Published on LIFE / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons8:52 Daniel Schwen / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)8:56 Richard Huppertz / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)9:22 Spaceboyjosh, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons9:36 Senate Democrats, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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