Nikola Tesla - The Forgotten Wizard

Once in a while a genius is born that changes the world. Unfortunately this has occurred only a few times in the human history. Nikola Tesla was such a genius and he never got the recognition he deserves - mainly because of his rivalry with Thomas Edison.

Nikola Tesla's inventions include AC electricity, neon lights, radio transmission, the electric motor, wireless electricity transfer, remote control, hydraulics and many more things. He had around 300 patents and some of his most remarkable work, such as wireless electricity transfer, never got finished and even today we don't have a full understanding what he was up to.

Personally, I am inspired by such a remarkable man and I think his thinking is very interesting, at least from the quotes I have found on him. Here are some of them:

Think before you do

If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search.

I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.

What we do echoes in eternity

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.

Don't dwell too much on theory

Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.

I recommend checking out this video on Nikola Tesla and his weird and remarkable life (which like this post is named Nikola Tesla - The Forgotten Wizard):