Who is Nikola Tesla from The Prestige and what is their importance? The_Prestige English & Literature Nikola Tesla | The Prestige

Tesla is a scientist in the area of electricity and is associated with Thomas Edison. It is Tesla's performance in London, accompanied by a lecture on what the future may hold for the world in the areas of electricity, that catches the attention of both Alfred Borden and Rupert Angier. Borden adds an apparatus, designed by Tesla, to his performance of the New Transported Man. Angier travels to Colorado Springs to purchase an apparatus able to send matter over a distance for his illusion, In a Flash.