23/11/2022
Nikola Tesla was the O.G. "mad scientist". He slept only a few hours a night, had a three-dimensional memory and imagination, spent long hours in his laboratory, and his devotion to science was far beyond all others. Tesla was a rags-to-riches-to-rags visionary who was a giant in the field of scientific invention. He created the first polyphase alternating current (AC) motor which revolutionized the world's power system, and even pushed scientific rival Thomas Edison into electrocuting pets to prove that his direct current (DC) technology was better and safer than Tesla's AC. DC would obviously lose the war, and Tesla would go on to help build the world's first large-scale hydroelectric power plant at Niagara Falls using his AC system. Tesla was a pioneer in the field of the wireless transmission of energy, and is the father of radio and remote control. He also flirted with electrons, X-rays, radioactivity, cosmic rays, and many other scientific concepts. He was a strange man to some, but was a brilliant and genius mind to others. Presently, and ironically, he is making his return to society thanks to the internet, and is finally being recognized for his hard work and dedication to science. He dreamed and lived for the future, and the future is still his.
