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Genius Lessons

Inventor.  Showman.  Mystic.  Eccentric.  Genius.Depending on your point of view, Nikola Tesla was at least one -- and perhaps
all of these things.

A new biography also suggests that Tesla had much to teach us about the nature of innovation.  Especially innovations that can change the world.

NOTE: This program is an encore broadcast and originally aired August 8, 2013.

Guest:
W. Bernard Carlson, Ph.D. - Author of Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age (2013, Princeton University Press).  Professor and Chair, Department of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia.

Tom Graham was Senior Producer and host of WMRA's Virginia Insight from 2006 to 2015.