title: Nikola Tesla: Why was he so much resisted and forgotten? [Retrospectroscope].
abstract: Recently, during the Christmas season, a friend of mine visited me and, sneaking a look at my bookshelves, found two rather old Nikola Tesla biographies, which I had used to prepare a "Retrospectroscope" column for the then-named IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine when our dear friend Alvin Wald was its editor-inchief [2]. Eighteen years have elapsed since then; soon, the idea came up of revamping the article. Cynthia Weber, the magazine's current associate editor, considered it acceptable, and here is the new note divided in two parts: that is, a slightly revised version of the original article followed by new material, including some quite interesting information regarding Tesla's homes and laboratories. On top of this, Tesla is not devoid of a science fiction touch, as mentioned at the end.
authors.forename: Max E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Valentinuzzi
authors.forename: Martin Hill
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cervantes
authors.forename: Ron S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Leder
mesh_terms: D004560:Electricity; D004738:Engineering / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City; D012586:Science / Q000266:history*; D059015:Wireless Technology / Q000266:history*