Episode
Modern Marvels: Mad Electricity
Overview
Nikola Tesla's bizarre vision of the future brought him failure, but his genius electrified the world.
Details
- Series
- Modern Marvels
- Season
- Season 15
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 2008-05-14
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Mad Electricity is Episode 13 in Season 15 of Modern Marvels. It aired on 2008-05-14. The runtime is 44 min.
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