Tesla / The history of tesla and the fued with Edison that blackend his name. A very thought out paper about tesla being left out of history because of his budgetery concerns.

Despite a propaganda war against his name and inventions, Nikola Tesla is one of the greatest inventors of all time. He has more than seven hundred patents and inventions that are far superior to those inventions by Thomas Edison (Wikipedia). Our current technological abilities have been shaped more by Tesla than any other individual. By being erased from the Smithsonian and omitted in school textbooks, Tesla has been all but forgotten by the vast majority …

…Wagner). The reason that Nikola Tesla has been omitted from history goes back to the feud with Edison. Edison was a businessman who made a lot of money and earned prestige by donating large sums to various places such as the Smithsonian Institute. Many of the technologies we take for granted today can be attributed to Nikola Tesla, however Edison used his influence to prevent Tesla from succeeding and receiving his recognition that he deserved.