Thursday, 23 April 2020

Nikola Tesla (1856




Nikola Tesla, the eccentric - and unbelievably under-rated - genius known as the 聭wild man of electronics, was without doubt one of the greatest minds in the history of the human race. Admittedly, he also had more loose screws than a Mechano set. If it weren't for this slightly manic genius, you wouldn't be reading this page, you probably wouldn't be doing it in a brightly-lighted room - and you certainly wouldn't be reading it on your computer. Tesla invented the alternating-current generator that provides your light and electricity, the transformer through which it is sent, and even the high voltage coil of your picture tube. The Tesla Coil, in fact, is used in radios, television sets, and a wide range of other electronic equipment - invented in 1891, no-one's ever come up with anything better. Missiles - Particle beam weaponry - Satellites - Nuclear fission, and - Robots. In the best tradition of mad scientists, Nikola Tesla had his less than rational moments. To be blunt, Nik's cheese quite often escaped his cracker. Totally incapable of understanding even basic finances, this was also a man with a germ phobia of which Howard Hughes would have been proud. Tesla believed extraterrestrials had contacted him in Colorado Springs. He suffered from hallucinations, night tremors, and a terrified loathing of women wearing earrings. He also had the rather anti-social habit of spending his time at dinner parties calculating the cubic contents of his plate. Okay, so Nikola Tesla was as loopy as they come - he was also the most brilliant fruitcake that ever existed.





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