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Ask HN: Nikola Tesla, greatest inventor of all times?
On July 10th, Tesla was born and with him a whole life dedicated to play, hack, invent.
Is he the greatest inventor of all times?
- TweedHeads 17y agoOne of the few men I admire, DaVinci, Newton and Tesla. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla In memoriam.
- profquail 17y agoThis is a pretty good website with a lot of information about him, if you're interested: http://www.reformation.org/nikola-tesla.html http://www.reformation.org/nikola-tesla.html (NOTE: I said 'pretty good' because some of the writing has a bit of a conspiracy-theory feel to it. Other than that though...)
- ErrantX 17y ago> some of the writing has a bit of a conspiracy-theory Just a bit! At one point they seem to suggest Titanic was sank as part of the huge plot against Tesla :P
- Gibbon 17y agoTesla: A Man Out of Time by Margaret Cheney, one of my favourite biographies. X-Rays, Radio, AC electricity, Solar Heating, Vacuum Tubes, R/C Vehicles, Torpedoes, Force Fields, Microwave Transmissions, High Voltage Conductors, Wireless Communications, World Wide Broadcasting, Phosphorescent Lighting, Robots, Liquid Oxygen, Under Ground Power Lines, Cryogenics, Radar, Guided Missiles, Automobile Speedometer, Highway Systems, Parking Garages, Interplanetary Communications, Death Rays and so much more!