Top 10 Facts about Nicola Tesla
Nicola Tesla, a well known name in the field of science and also a well known name in mysteries. Whenever anyone talks about his works and his brilliance, there is also a talk about the mysteries that resides within his life. Many even think he was in contact with aliens.
Having more than 300 patients registered with his name and became extremely famous after developing AC (Alternate Current). His other works include developmet in wireless communications, radar, laser, X ray, tesla coil, robotics, and many other things.
Here there are some facts that you probably did not knew about Nicola Tesla.
1. Born at Midnight
Nicola Tesla was born at midnight between 9 and 10 July, 1856, at a night during lightning storm. Durig Tesla's birth, according to the story told by his family, the midwife wrung her hands and declared the lightning as a bad omen. " This child will be a child of darkness", she reportedly said, to which Tesla's mother replied: "No. He will be a child of light."
2. Some of Tesla's inventions are classified
When Tesla died in the year of 1943, the Office of Alien Property took his stuff. Most of his things were later given to his family, and many more were taken to the Tesla Museum in Belgrade. However, some of his documents still remain classified by the U.S Government. This act by the U.S. Government proves how intelligent Tesla was.
3. Tesla, a environmentalist?
As arcon said Tesla was "worried about the fact that people consume the Earth's resources too fast, so he wanted to make sure that these resources were renewable".It looks like he already knew what will happen in future if we continued to use Earth's resources like that. Thus he studied the natural energy from ground and air. He created artificial lightning in his lab and detected differences in electerical potential on Earth and on high objects. Now you know how you got to have the Tesla coil.
4. He had the idea for Smartphone Technology in 1901
In the race to develop transatlantic radio, Tesla described to his funder and bussiness partner, J.P. Morgan, a new means of instant communication that involved gathering stock quotes and telegram messages, funneling them to his laboratory, where he would encode then and assign them each a new frequency. That frequency would be broadcast to a device that would fit in your hand, he explained to him. In other words, he envisioned smart phones and wireless internet,.
5. Tesla died as a very poor humanist
In addition to being an environmentalist and scientist, Tesla was also a humanist. He never care about monetary gain and never had enough money for his research. Although he had famous friends such as Mark Twain and French actress Sarah Bernhardt, he was never a wealthy man, unlike Edition and Westinghouse who proved much more successful entrepreneurs.
He was an accomplished pool player who liked to hustle, even for tiny amounts of money. At the height of his fame, when he was dining at Delmonico's every night, he regularly bilked players out of few quaters each($15 in today's money)
6. He suffered from insomnia and obsessive compulsive behaviors or OCD
He claimed that he needed only two hours of sleep at night, although he occasionally took afternoon nap. Tesla hated round objects and jewelry, and could not bear to touch hair. Also he was obsessed with the number 3 and had a habit of polishing each point of the dining room before dining, using precisely 18 napkins.
7. Pearls drove him crazy
Tesla could not stand the sight of pearls, to the extent that he refused to speak to women wearing them. When his secretary wore pearl jewelry, he sent her home for the day. No one knows why he had such an aversion, but tesla had a very particular sense of style and aesthetics. He wore white gloves to dinner every night and prided himself on being a "dapper dresser"
8. He had a photo graphic memory
Tesla hat what's known as photo graphic memory. He was known to memorize books and images and stockpile visions for inventions in his head.
9. He can visualize in 3-D
Tesla had a vary powerful imagination and the ability to visualize in three dimensions, which he reportedly used to control the terrifying vivid nightmares from which he suffered from as a child.It is also said that he visualized his every invention and what chalenges he could face in making it in his mind.
10. Fear from germs
Tesla was also known to having excessive hygiene habits. Also, he was born out of near-fatal bout of cholera as a teenager.
11. He was really funny
Most people don't know that Tesla had a terrific sense of humor.
12. He claimed to have contacted the aliens
In 1900, Tesla announced that he had detected intelligent signals from outer space: timed impulses coming as ...1,...2,...3. He referred to these as "counting codes".
So these were the facts about Nicola Tesla. You can call him a very intelligent person or a mystery but one thing that we know about him is that he was a great scientist and his contribution to this world cannot be overlooked.
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