Tesla

Reply #7

Blackapple — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:11:02 GMT

It proves we all are unique

Where there is a will there is a way

Born in St. Louis to Mary vos Savant and Joseph Mach, Marilyn opposes the tradition of children taking their father's surname, instead using her mother's maiden name. She attended Washington University, but dropped out to pursue a career in writing and investing.

Marilyn's listing in the 1986 Guinness Book of World Records brought her widespread media attention. Among the periodicals profiling her was Parade, which followe... [ More ]

Reply #6

Amber88 — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:57:20 GMT

I'll take your word on that one, lol. Sounds good to me, if it means a genius with social phobias

Reply #5

Coin Toss — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:52:05 GMT

Savants

Reply #4

Amber88 — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:47:51 GMT

I can't quite think of the word I'm looking for, but there are some people that are so intelligent and so strange (at the same time) that it's scary, lol. But they can achieve the unthinkable. I'm sure that they don't think their behavior is strange. It's only strange to us...because we can't relate to it.

Reply #3

Blackapple — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:46:23 GMT

To backtrack slightly, in May 1885, George Westinghouse purchased the patents to his induction motor, his polyphase system of alternating-current dynamos, transformers and motors and made this the basis of the Westinghouse power system which still underlies the modern electrical power industry today. When Westinghouse found that they could not stay in business if they paid him his due of Twelve Million Dollars, Tesla tore up the contract. Tesla did this, quite simply, so people could have the be... [ More ]

Reply #2

Blackapple — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:40:03 GMT

Tesla had the remarkable talent of charming and astonishing his admirers while at the same time enraging his enemies; the phenomenon continues to the present day. It is unfortunate that, despite several current popular biographies, there still exists no definitive technical authority, other than his own scattered publications, to consult on the scientific issues of his intriguing and colorful scientific career. Consider the adulation bestowed upon him by Lord Kelvin, Hermann von Helmholtz, Sir W... [ More ]

Reply #1

Amber88 — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:39:04 GMT

very interesting...to say the least

Tesla

Blackapple — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:34:22 GMT

Review : A walk on the wildside

07 June 1997 Jane Gregory Magazine issue 2085

London

Wizardby Mark Seifer, Carol Publishing, 27, ISBN 1 55972 329 7

Einsteinby Albert F sling, Viking, $37.95, ISBN 0 670 85545 6

Feynman by John and Mary Gribbin, Viking, 18, ISBN 0 670 87245 8

THE hero of Mark Seifer's Wizard is a scientist who thinks eating and sleeping are a waste of time, and instead hops naked onto a vibrating electrified plate for his daily vivification. He is more... [ More ]