h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

A Journal about writing The Prize:
Introduction, A87776059
The Prize, Section 1 – A Sort of Sordid History, A87776789
The Prize, Section 2 – A Not So Sordid History, A87776798
The Pit and the Pendulum, A87777698

The History written about Nicola Tesla is intriguing to me for several reasons.
Most powerfully, his story seems to be generally misrepresented.
This point is only magnified by the fact that several disinformation views are popular.
Many of the disinformation stories are clearly rank amateur works that few rational people would accept.
Secondly, I lament my early education that glorified Edison to the utter exclusion of Tesla.
Thirdly, my first academic paper was about Tesla.
Let me end with the fact that of all the technical achievements of the Twentieth Century, I find the distribution of electrical power to be the most significant, bar none.

There are more, but enough said.

There seems no end to the different perspectives that his story can be viewed; ethics, technology, money, power, conspiracies, scientific credit, mental disorders, etc.

I recently stumbled upon some added information linking Tesla to J. P. Morgan. It may be rather common knowledge that Morgan financed the ill fated Wardenclyffe project. And before that, Morgan has backed Edison. But now I realize Morgan booted Edison out of General Electric while he also pushed George and Nicola out of Westinghouse Electric.

The ruthless tactics of Morgan and others of the time received little more that a slap on the hand.

[Amy P]