George Westinghouse made train travel safe, harnessed the energy of natural gas, and revolutionized the electricity industry, this last with the help of brilliant inventor Nikola Tesla.

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0:00 Intro music
0:27 Introduction
6:46 Westinghouse’s early years and education
12:24 Westinghouse’s work in the railroad industry
21:29 The creation of the Philadelphia Company
25:53 The problem Westinghouse saw with Edison’s direct current
31:13 Tesla’s early years and education
33:44 Did Edison steal Tesla’s ideas?
39:27 How Tesla went from rags to riches and back to rags again
44:11 The 1893 Chicago Fair and the victory of alternating current
49:57 Westinghouse’s great worker relations
59:30 Final comments

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