All Entries Tagged With: "Nikola Tesla"
Tuesday is for Tesla
In fact, there are a number of things we use in our modern day lives that Tesla had his hands in, and he is rarely ever credited for their creation.
Tuesday is for Tesla
Early in his life, he had a gambling problem. That seemed really odd to me when I read about it, as he was so obsessive compulsive and something of a perfectionist.
Tuesday is for Tesla
There were numerous, vast differences between Tesla and Edison. One could almost say there were as a different as Alternating Current and Direct Current.
Tuesday is for Tesla
I know this week’s edition isn’t much, but I’ve been so busy with the anthology I haven’t had much time for anything else. Hopefully, Tesla and I will be back next week, and very soon the big Edison/Tesla showdown post is coming.
Tuesday is for Tesla
The funny thing about all this is Tesla had no patience for those who believed in psychic power and phenomenon. Despite that impatience, he had an almost unsettling belief in extraterrestrial life. Some have even speculated that Tesla’s visions came from alien beings.
Tuesday is for Tesla
While weak and bed-ridden, someone gave him a few volumes of fiction from across the ocean, among which were some of Mark Twain’s early writings. It was that writing, Tesla would later tell an emotional Twain, that saved his life.
Tuesday is for Tesla
I’d like to build a time machine and go back to attend one of those lectures myself. Maybe I’d pop up to Rhode Island and pick up old Lovecraft and drag him away from his Auntie to see the show.
Tuesday is for Tesla…
As someone who was never able to wrap her head around mathematical equation, I find it amazing that Tesla was able to perform not just mental math, but integral calculus in his head.
