BROADCASTS.com

b'Let there be light! Well, it\\u2019s easy to do: just flip a switch. But it took more than the invention of the light bulb to make that possible. It required new technology for the distribution of electricity. And that came, not so much from Thomas Edison, but from a Serbian genius named Nikola Tesla.\\nHear his story plus ideas on what might be the breakthrough energy innovations of the future. Perhaps hydrogen-fueled cars, nuclear fusion electrical generators or even orbiting solar cells?\\nPlus, a reminder of cutting-edge technology back in Napoleon\\u2019s day: lighthouses.\\nGuests:\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0W. Bernard Carlson \\u2013 Professor of science, technology and society, University of Virginia, and author of Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Michael Dunne \\u2013 Physicist, program director for laser fusion energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0R. Tom Baker \\u2013 Chemist, director of the Center for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Paul Young \\u2013 Radio engineer, director of Powersat Ltd.\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Theresa Levitt \\u2013 Historian, University of Mississippi, and author of A Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and the Birth of the Modern Lighthouse\\n\\xa0\\nFirst released September 30, 2013.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'