“Nikola Tesla is a name to conjure with. He’s had cars and scientific units named after him. He’s featured in The Big Bang Theory, and Gravity Falls; he’s even been in an episode of Doctor Who! He’s surrounded by myths: he invented AC transmission; he feuded with Edison; he wanted to give the world free energy but was thwarted. But what about the history behind the myth – a myth that Tesla helped to invent himself. In this lecture I take a look at the spectacular public performances that made Tesla famous – and at how he tried (and ultimately failed) to remake the future in his own image.”

Iwan Rhys Morus is a historian of science and Professor of History at Aberystwyth University. He studied Natural Science at Cambridge and completed his PhD there in the history and philosophy of science. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Learned Society of Wales. His most recent books are Nikola Tesla and the Electrical Future (2019) and How The Victorians Took Us To The Moon (2022).

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Topic: BSHR On Line Lecture Prof Iwan Morus/Nikola Tesla…
Time: Nov 6, 2025 06:50 for 7PM PM London

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