TESLA: THE WIZARD
OF LIGHTNING
When you think about Electricity, you think about Edison. When you think about Radio, you think about Marconi. But the man who should get the credits for these patents, who is nearly forgotten, is the electrical engineer and visionary, NIKOLA TESLA. The man who invented the 20th century. Yet he died broke and alone ,abandoned by the world. Nikola Tesla was born around midnight, between July 9 and July 10, 1856 during a fierce lightning storm. According to family legend, midway through the birth, the midwife wrung her hands and declared the lightning a bad omen. This child will be a child of darkness, she said, to which his mother replied: “No.He will be a child of Light.”
He was born ahead of his time, a man who invented wireless, even before wires came into use. He invented a whole lot of things including Alternating Current, X-Rays, Tesla Coil, Fluorescent bulbs(before it was invented “industrially”), Radio, Remote Control, Laser, Wireless Communication and limitless free energy. Sigh. Wow. .
He has never been mentioned in a great way( to the best of my knowledge) as such geniuses like Einstein are mentioned. He spent all his money working on his inventions, and when other businessmen and tech guys stole his patents, he cared less about them saying “ I don’t care they stole my patents. I care that they don’t have any of their own”, which was of course arrogant in some sort of way, but true nonetheless.
A great thanks to Christopher Nolan, who featured David Bowie as Tesla in his film “The Prestige”, who was seen as a wizard ,whose tricks are imitated by magicians. Alas, he was considered to be a mad scientist who preached against the use of his own inventions. He even predicted that inventions like smartphones would destroy the world. We bow to this man, or may I say a wizard. His final words (which were aimed at the people who used his patents) were “ The present is theirs. The future, for which I have really worked, is mine.”
P.S: Thanks Internet.
When you think about Electricity, you think about Edison. When you think about Radio, you think about Marconi. But the man who should get the credits for these patents, who is nearly forgotten, is the electrical engineer and visionary, NIKOLA TESLA. The man who invented the 20th century. Yet he died broke and alone ,abandoned by the world. Nikola Tesla was born around midnight, between July 9 and July 10, 1856 during a fierce lightning storm. According to family legend, midway through the birth, the midwife wrung her hands and declared the lightning a bad omen. This child will be a child of darkness, she said, to which his mother replied: “No.He will be a child of Light.”
He was born ahead of his time, a man who invented wireless, even before wires came into use. He invented a whole lot of things including Alternating Current, X-Rays, Tesla Coil, Fluorescent bulbs(before it was invented “industrially”), Radio, Remote Control, Laser, Wireless Communication and limitless free energy. Sigh. Wow. .
He has never been mentioned in a great way( to the best of my knowledge) as such geniuses like Einstein are mentioned. He spent all his money working on his inventions, and when other businessmen and tech guys stole his patents, he cared less about them saying “ I don’t care they stole my patents. I care that they don’t have any of their own”, which was of course arrogant in some sort of way, but true nonetheless.
A great thanks to Christopher Nolan, who featured David Bowie as Tesla in his film “The Prestige”, who was seen as a wizard ,whose tricks are imitated by magicians. Alas, he was considered to be a mad scientist who preached against the use of his own inventions. He even predicted that inventions like smartphones would destroy the world. We bow to this man, or may I say a wizard. His final words (which were aimed at the people who used his patents) were “ The present is theirs. The future, for which I have really worked, is mine.”
P.S: Thanks Internet.
Tesla, at the age of 34.
The Wanderclyff Tower.
The Tesla Coil, at Colorado Springs( Sorry for not mentioning the photo credits).
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