Forbes May 7, 2024
The turn of the 20th century was a time of dramatic change, with two titans of innovation competing to transform the way Americans lived and worked. Thomas Edison didn’t invent the lightbulb, but his and Nikola Tesla’s efforts to create systems to safely and efficiently distribute electricity would create the building blocks for the modern economy and way of life.
Both men would live well into the 1900s, to see their efforts come to fruition. One would continue building his company to great success while growing his family; the other lived alone, withdrew from society, and fell in love with a pigeon.
A century later, two physician brothers have been working for the better part of two decades to enable...