Yesterday was the birthday of one of the most amazing scientists whom you have likely never heard of—Nikola Tesla!
i12bent:July 10, 1856 was the birthday of one of the great scientists of the Victorian epoch, Nikola Tesla (d. 1943)…
Tesla was an important contributor to the birth of commercial electricity, and is best known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tesla’s patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current (AC) electric power systems.[ more Tesla here]
What that excerpt above means to say is: Nikola Tesla made it possible for our lives to be the way they are today.
Seriously, the man worked out how to deliver electricity to those wall outlets we plug all our crap into. The man is a true hero to all of humankind and yet hardly anyone knows what he did. Last month we saw Neil deGrasse Tyson give a Q&A talk at the American Museum of Natural History where Tyson explained that if he had a time machine he’d go back in time and hang out with Newton. I say screw Newton—I wanna hang with the Tesla! If you haven’t heard of Tesla or have but want to learn more, I highly recommend finding a copy of The Man Who Invented the 20th Century by Robert Lomas. It’s a great read and tells you all about Tesla’s life and how history largely “forgot” him.
Happy Late Birthday, Nikola! You are remembered, sir!!
