2022/10/31 by Valery G. Rousseau, Rousseau, Valery G.
Arts and Humanities · Decision Sciences · Psychology · #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph) #Research, Science, and Academia #Science Education and Perceptions #Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2212.04440
openalex publication_date 2022/10/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Nikola Tesla is often presented by his adepts as the "unjustly forgotten genius", without who our current technology wouldn't exist. In this paper, we analyze some popular statements made by Tesla's adepts, mostly about inventions that they attribute to him, and determine whether they are myth or reality.