How many People on here know of NIKOLA TESLA???

Question

I have been obsessed with Nikola Tesla ever since my dad told me about him when I was about 10 he is undoubtabley the greatest free thinker that ever lived and if you dont know about him check out this link and give me your opinion and if you find him interesting introduce him to your children and friends and we can create a generation of free thinkers and inventors. Would that not be cool?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nikola_tesla

Have you heard of Flight 19 , The Phillidelpia Experiment (time travel), HAARP wheather control), The Monauk Project (mass mind control), Star Wars (not the movie) ,advanced satelight protection grid)? they are also all connected to Nikola Tesla by his patents and or ideas.

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Answer 1

Yes, I've heard of him, and I agree that he was of superior intelligence, one of the greatest free thinkers that ever lived. The problem with a lot of the answers to Tesla ?'s is that a LOT of people have NO idea who he is, and so they start to say that he was Thomas Edison's Protegee, which he was NOT. As I'm sure you know, Thomas Edison cheated Nikola Tesla out of money. Edison had all sorts of problems with his DC system of electricity. He promised Tesla big bucks in bonuses if he could get the bugs out of the system. Tesla ended up saving Edison over $100,000 (millions of $$$ by today's standards), but Edison refused to live up to his end of the bargain, LAUGHED at him and said and I quote "Mr Tesla, you don't understand our American Humour". Edison was in no way associated with A/C Electricity, and he tried to take credit for things that Tesla did, most of the Inventions that Edison is Credited for were invented by his employees and NOT him (Light bulb was his I think) just like Marconi with radio, Tesla invented it, already had 17 patents for it, AND he had already sent a radio signal around the world before Marconi sent one across the Atlantic. He also ACCIDENTALLY discovered X-Ray.

It's also sad to see that people with bright minds, asking intelligent questions are being put down as if they don't know any other Scientists, You're asking people's opinion on one particular Scientist. I Personally think that we should be teaching our children about Tesla, kids have a surprising interest in Science nowadays. I have many faveourite Scientists, Nikola Tesla is my fav, but Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Leonardo Da Vinci, J.C Maxwell, Michael Faraday, Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus (Even though his Theorem was originally realized in Ancient Greece.

Heraclides of Pontus, Greek philosopher of 4th century AD, was the first to explain that the apparent rotation of the heavens is brought about by rotation of the earth on its axis rather than by the passage of stars around the Earth. He proposed that the seeming westward movement of the heavenly bodies is due to the eastward rotation of the Earth on its axis.

Aristarchus of Samos (310-230 B.C.), was a astronomer often referred to as the Copernicus of antiquity, laid the foundation for much scientific examination of the heavens. According to his contemporary, Archimedes, Aristarchus was the first to propose not only a heliocentric universe, but one larger than any of the geocentric universes proposed by his predecessors. Copernicus himself originally gave credit to Aristarchus in his own heliocentric treatise, De revolutionibus caelestibus , and some even say that Aristarchus of Samos was of that opinion. Interestingly, this passage was crossed out shortly before publication, maybe because Copernicus decided his treatise would stand on its own merit. Check the links out, it's REALLY interesting reading about Ancient Greek Science etc.. it's amazing how many incredible discoveries they made, in such an early time.

Answer 2

Because he was also a little crazy, and not that interested in practical devices. Most of what he did actually had little practical benefit. He spent a lot of time on things like trying to beam large amounts of power through the air without wires. He was really smart and he had some fine ideas. But Edison and Marconi, less smart and with fewer big ideas, did the hard, grind it out work to make practical things that revolutionized the world. For example, Edison tried many many things that didn't work before he invented a practical way to make a light bulb. It was persistence that got him success, not genius. And we're all better off for it.

Answer 3

Tesla was a protoge of Thomas Edison. He argued with Edison about the type of electricity that should be provided to homes and industry.

Edison's original idea was to provide direct current electricity to the power grid. But with line losses (resistance of the wires carrying the power would cause significant voltage drops) Edison wanted to set up generation stations every few blocks in a city. (Imagine the noise!)

Tesla argued with Edison that the power provided should be alternating current, which could be passed through a transformer that would step up the voltage and any losses in the power distribution system would be much less noticeable. Thus, power generation stations could be placed great distances from the distribution grid. Direct current cannot be "stepped up" or "stepped down" through a transformer.

Thank goodness the power companies that sprung up took Tesla's proposal to heart. He is the reason that we have alternating current in our homes today.

Answer 4

Tesla = thumbs up. He was truly brilliant. It's sad that he didn't get to enjoy the fruits of his brilliance. Today's world would not be the same if not for him!

Answer 5

yup