One of my all time favourite TED talks Nikola Tesla was isolated at his death. Would we consider his a success though with all his contributions to mankind?
Jim Al-Khalili does such a great job presenting a chronological flow of events. From electrostatics, to current of electricity, to the link to electromagnetism. Great resource to look at how a CRO was used to record the voltage of the Torpedo Marmorata, as well as Galvani's frog leg experiments. Also there is some discussion about how Faraday discovered the first motor . Despite only receiving formal education till he was 12, Faraday had a great thirst for knowledge and discovery.
The Disappearing Spoon A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life A Short History of Nearly Everything
I wish my students recognized that despite all the advancement in science and technology, it still does not change what people's hearts are like. The bitterness, lack of forgiveness, anger, envy, jealousy that surrounds us. By looking at the stories behind the discoveries in science, one can see there is certainly nothing new under the sun.