Tue 11 Jul 2006
Nikola Tesla turns 150 today
Tuesday, Jul 11th, 2006 at 9:13 amCategories: Energy; Hygiene; Genius; Invention; Tesla, Nikolai; Edison, Thomas
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Nikolai Tesla … an archetype of genius and tragedy.
Tesla was born precisely at midnight during an electrical storm, to a Serb family, in the village of Smiljan near Gospić, in the Lika region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (today in Croatia). He was baptised in the Serbian Orthodox Church. His baptism certificate reports that he was born on June 28, 1856 (Julian calendar); July 10 in the Gregorian calendar ….
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Tesla disliked Thomas Edison. Upon Edison’s death, most of the remarks made in his epitaph were kind, save those from Tesla, who said of Edison:
“He had no hobby, cared for no sort of amusement of any kind and lived in utter disregard of the most elementary rules of hygiene.”
- Tesla on Edison, via Jason Bellows @ DamnInteresting.com: Link
Via Boing Boing
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