Has anyone here read any books about Nicola Tesla?

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I’ve read a lot about him but I can’t remember at the moment the sources. He was a good inventor, not a good businessman. He had the patent on AC current generation, Edison on DC, or direct current generation. There was a DC vs AC battle for awhile. Edison had backing, Tesla did not. Eventually he sold—essentially gave—his patents to Westinghouse, and alternating current won out, but Tesla got nothing.
 
Nikola Tesla was a genius inventor and I have several books about his life and work.
 
I’ve read several books on Tesla, and each one was wonderful. The only title I can remember is Man out of Time. Incredible genius. He did not receive proper credit for his inventions.
 
Tesla seemed to be extremely impulsive.

He gave away his royalties … tore up the royalty agreement … when Westinghouse complained.

If Tesla had kept (some of ) the money, he could have afforded to continue to finance his research.
 
During the battle for supremacy between Tesla’s alternating current and Edison’s direct current, Edison built the first electric chair, purposely using AC current and somehow convinced New York state to use it for an execution. Afterward he publicized that event as a demonstration that AC was too dangerous for public use. But Tesla and Westinghouse won out anyway, and we all use AC current today.
 
edwest21 said:
Edison publicly executed an elephant.
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Well, yeah…the inherent problem with these genius type scientists is that they are clearly a few cocopuff short of a cereal bowl. I think Madame Cure is one of the only ones I’ve read about that didn’t take completely ludicrous risks. Granted she died of poisoning…but it was nowhere near the level of the dangerous experiments others did.
 
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Well, yeah…the inherent problem with these genius type scientists is that they are clearly a few cocopuff short of a cereal bowl. I think Madame Cure is one of the only ones I’ve read about that didn’t take completely ludicrous risks. Granted she died of poisoning…but it was nowhere near the level of the dangerous experiments others did.
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Edison was no where near as bright as Tesla. Marie Curie kept bottles of the Polonium and Radium in the pocket of her coat and stored them in her desk drawer. Those are ludicrous risks. Even today, Curies’ papers are radioactive.
 
Me! I’m a BIG TESLA fan! I have a whole row dedicated to him on my bookshelf.
 
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