Tesla's work continues to advance technology,
the comforts of life and wow us!
Tes·la
[tes-luh] Show IPA
noun
Back in the 1800's, the thought of such things as indoor lighting, the comfort of a controlled temperature room and computers were not even a thought to most people. So, the idea of harnessing electricity to power these things would be lunacy.
Ni·ko·la [nik-oh-luh] Show IPA , 1856–1943, U.S. physicist,electrical engineer, and inventor, born in Croatia.
Well, the lunatic that had the courage to pursue this crazy dream was Nikola Tesla. An article on, How Stuff Works tells of his crazy ideas and how he worked hard to prove their validity.
"Before the turn of the 20th century, electricity remained a mere scientific curiosity -- one that many doubted would ever do an honest day's work. Nikola Tesla, arguably more than anyone else, changed that, but his pioneering research in electricity represents only a portion of the scientific and technical innovations that elevated him to science godhood.
Tesla not only expanded and revolutionized the work of his predecessors; he also leapfrogged ahead of his contemporaries to the next step, and the next. But, just as it takes more than groundbreaking music to give rise to a rock god, we think it takes more than innovative breakthroughs and amazing machines to make a scientific one. We'd argue that such a figure must also possess intriguing facets -- qualities like eccentricity, vision and the will to suffer for science. Nikola Tesla was such a man."
"Before the turn of the 20th century, electricity remained a mere scientific curiosity -- one that many doubted would ever do an honest day's work. Nikola Tesla, arguably more than anyone else, changed that, but his pioneering research in electricity represents only a portion of the scientific and technical innovations that elevated him to science godhood.
Tesla not only expanded and revolutionized the work of his predecessors; he also leapfrogged ahead of his contemporaries to the next step, and the next. But, just as it takes more than groundbreaking music to give rise to a rock god, we think it takes more than innovative breakthroughs and amazing machines to make a scientific one. We'd argue that such a figure must also possess intriguing facets -- qualities like eccentricity, vision and the will to suffer for science. Nikola Tesla was such a man."
His breakthrough moment was at Niagara Falls. Read about it at the link below.
