Why was Nikola Tesla so deeply ridiculed even during his lifetime? Why wasn’t he the glorious hero he always longed to be? Why “Tesla’s million dollar folly” (Wardenclyffe, dubbed so by The New York Times)? Why not only the huge “Wardenclyffe” structure on Long Island, called the “Magnifying Transmitter”, did tumble and fall - but also Tesla’s reputation? I was wondering for years, without finding a clue. Now, while writing the book “Tesla-visionary of the 21st century”, there is evidence, how, when and why all that happened. In the course of 2 or 3 years, everything vanished for Tesla. His world tumbled, and then it fell. So much has been written about Tesla’s idiosyncrasies and the bad, bad world. But it turns out that all this is part of the bigger picture (the world of 1900) - you just have to know where to put the colours.
