Tesla was the better engineer; Edison was the better organizer and a great industrialist. At his peak Edison could conceive, plan, and build a significant facto

Tesla was the better engineer; Edison was the better organizer and a great industrialist. At his peak Edison could conceive, plan, and build a significant factory in a week. He didn't personally invent the practical light bulb, but he had 200 people around the world searching for filament materials. Edison could never have achieved what Tesla did, and visa versa.