Electrical pioneer Nikola Tesla's enigma and influence hang over the history of science, in a story of the golden era of late-Victorian and Edwardian adventure presented here.

Iwan Rhys Morus is professor of history at Aberystwyth University. He graduated in Natural Sciences from Cambridge and completed his doctorate there in the history and philosophy of science. He is a board member and former editor of the journal History of Science, and fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has published widely on the history of science. Recent publications include Michael Faraday and the Electrical Century (Icon Books, 2017) and the Oxford Illustrated History of Science.