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Why are Thomas Alva Edison and Nikola Tesla compared so often?

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Nikola Tesla would have celebrated his 158th birthday today (July 10). The Serbian-American scientist was a brilliant and eccentric genius whose inventions enabled modern-day power and mass communication systems. read more

Also Edison had patented the light bulb, at that time Tesla had invented the fluorescent bulb! He was using wireless electricity at his lab, people had reported that. So they are compared, Edison was the past and Tesla was the future when Tesla had arrived in the US. read more

Nikola Tesla would have celebrated his 158th birthday today (July 10). The Serbian-American scientist was a brilliant and eccentric genius whose inventions enabled modern-day power and mass communication systems. His nemesis and former boss, Thomas Edison, was the iconic American inventor of the light bulb, the phonograph and the moving picture. read more

Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electrical supply system. read more

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