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America’s Greatest Inventor
- jorangreef 13y agoHenry Ford wrote a brilliant book about Thomas Edison that's available here: http://atomicacreative.com/images/ACG_EdisonAsIKnowHim.pdf http://atomicacreative.com/images/ACG_EdisonAsIKnowHim.pdf
- irickt 13y agoRegarding Tesla, this consulting company publishes another book which includes "How brilliant scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla destroyed himself". I guess he needed a better marketing consultant.
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- brymaster 13y ago> He certainly has been an inspiration to me in my career. Indeed. Both Gates and Edison are known for their anti-competitive business practices. Foundation era Gates is great, Microsoft era Gates not so much.
- beggi 13y agoUm, http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla
- brymaster 13y agoCoincidentally, http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/05/18/nikola-tesla-wasnt-god-and-thomas-edison-wasnt-the-devil/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/05/18/nikola-tesl...
- beggi 13y agoHehe yeah, I agree with that article's assessment. Tesla and Edison weren't arch rivals, and both of them were important. I still find the comic fun to read :)
- bsullivan01 13y agoalong with a few photos of some of the Edison-related items I’m lucky enough to own. He also owns Da Vinci's notebook http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1esdvq/til_bill_gates_purchased_the_codex_leicester_one/ http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1esdvq/til_bi.... Must be nice to be a gazillionaire...
- nu2ycombinator 13y agoI tempt to compare SteveJobs vs BillGates to Tesla vs Edison
- EugeneOZ 13y agoLooks like Gates didn't read that: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla