Who was Nikola Tesla?

[SlinkyMike]

In light of recent events, herewith a proper Nikola Tesla post to the Natural Sciences sub-forum.

I'm certain we'll mostly agree that this belongs here, if not, you know what to do

Here is a list of his patents:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nikola_Tesla_patents

...how do you like them apples, Apple?

A brief biography:
http://www.neuronet.pitt.edu/~bogdan/tesla/

...hmmm mmm, love them 1994 styled websites!

...and The Oatmeal:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla

 

[OrbitalDawn]

1) See thread title
2) Decide to post The Oatmeal comic
3) See it's already posted
4) ????
5) Profit!



Tesla was such a badass.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

You forgot the awesome Ted Talk:

[video=youtube_share;V-WkUKP1l3c]http://youtu.be/V-WkUKP1l3c[/video]

 

[porchrat]

Hey this thread is incomplete and those sources are dodgy. I don't see a single mention anywhere of the discovery of the mysterious energy field that holds everything in the universe in place.

I also don't see a single mention of the real brains behind the operation, his sister, Nicola Tesla.

 

[Ninja'd]

Ah Tesla. The original Sheldon Cooper.

 

[SlinkyMike]

I also don't see a single mention of the real brains behind the operation, his sister, Nicola Tesla.

Sorry but you're going to have to prove that I can't prove that you can prove that I can't prove that it can't be proven ...that she doesn't exist.

...or is it simply that you believe in her existence? Because of course that's 100% acceptable and we should immediately change the school syllabus to facilitate this.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Legendary : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Douchebag&oldid=507998793

 

[Chevron]

Can't believe no one posted this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPnGvjmIgZA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[FlatspinZA]

He was the most brilliant mind, ever! Well, I'd put him extremely close to Einstein.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Legendary : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Douchebag&oldid=507998793

That's fantastic.

 

[Unhappy438]

Undoubtedly the most awesome of awesome that this planet has ever been graced with. Him and Copernicus are my two favourites. For anyone interested i would highly recommend reading one of his books and just looking through some of his patents. You can pick them up on thepiratebay.

 

[DigitalSoldier]

Legendary : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Douchebag&oldid=507998793

Awesome!

LOL

Also another Tesla link:

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/tesla.html

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Thomas Edison's Nightmare

Link.

 

[eye_suc]

I'll just drop this here...
"Nikola Tesla Wasn't God And Thomas Edison Wasn't The Devil"
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkna...-wasnt-god-and-thomas-edison-wasnt-the-devil/

Edit: oh and don't forget this part!
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/tesla_response

 

[AlphaJohn]

His inventions and life was so different that I am almost forced to add THIS

 

[FaSMaN]

When I first saw the thread I thought, who doesn't know who Nicolas Tesla was, then I read the "Did Nicolas Tesla discover God" thread, I died a little inside, and lost a lot of faith in humanity

a Great man, who did so much for science and the world around him, who went trough so much hardship and in the end died alone, forgotten... ... .. Deserves better.