Ще один, дуже простий, доказ того, що видатними людьми є саме ті, хто не вкладається у визначення «нормальних» людей. Це ж ясно, як божий день.

Що ж до видання, то мене здивувала легкість, з якою упорядники подали оригінальну передмову до статей Тесли наприкінці книжки, віддавши перші сторінки куди менш влучній перемові від Дереша. Натомість, ніде, ні на початку, ні в кінці я не знайшла дати публікації статей, що були б страшенно доречні. Деякі думки Тесли прямо прогнозують майбутнє, натомість читач змушений здогадуватися, в якому році вони були висловлені, і скільки часу минуло між виданням кожної статті (у даному виданні — розділу). Зауваження до кількох одруків на зразок м замість км чи стилю на цьому фоні не варті навіть озвучування.

Umm...I think I'm in LOVE with a dead guy! Seriously, Nikola Tesla is a pure genius and his intelligence far surpasses that of Einstein.

I wish he would have written a book earlier on and since this was written in his late sixties and is very short, readers are left wanting more. Among many other astounding inventions, including building an AC motor, he came up with the concept of wireless communication in the 1890's!!!

I was heartbroken when I read he died alone in a hotel room in poverty due to crooks like Edison and Westinghouse. Great read! I recommend it to anyone.

Teach a man to fish, and you will feed him. Teach a man to read, and he will never know a day of boredom in his life. Make a man a workaholic genius, and he will invent.

The man foresaw the WWW.

Autobiografia, non so quanto volutamente ingenua, di una dei piu' grandi cervelli scientifici. Scritto per essere pubblicato a puntate su una rivista, non e' sicuramente un'opera di grande spessore letterario ma ha il merito di far intuire i meandri di una mente sicuramente originale. Tra aneddoti piu' o meno curiosamente simpatici e brevi descrizioni tecniche, emerge infatti una mente per molti versi disturbata ma di potenza unica.

Nikola Tesla is a pure genius and his intelligence far surpasses that of Einstein.

He traveled to America to make the world a better place, but America always makes sure to grind down anyone that cares for the betterment of humanity.
He wanted to make free wireless electricity for the whole world, designed a laser powerful enough to destroy anything (he destroyed his design because he didn't believe humans could use it wisely), he game up with a lot of war patents that belong to the US today, came up for the idea of a phone in the early 1900's, automaton, the X-ray, the radio, the remote control, the induction motor, the light bulb ...

In 1884, Tesla was hired by Thomas Edison and was told that "there was $50,000 in it for him" if he could redesign Edison's inefficient motor and generators. When Tesla did so, Edison laughed and said, "Tesla, you don't understand our American sense of humour".

so schools teaches us shit,Tesla was a great man deserves more praise than he gets. Edison was just a greedy business man, and a great douche.

What a strange, wonderful man.
This is a short reading in which one of the most interesting minds explains his version of what was his life and dreams.

I got interested into his personality after going through Didier de Cauwelaert dictionary of the impossible. His intelligence can be seen as mystical.

An interesting man who had visions of worldwide, free, phone service. He invented so many things and was the worst businessman ever! He trusted people too much and they messed him over and stole his plans.
Such a great inventor.

- the book is based on 5 articles Tesla published in a technical journal (Electrical Experimenter)
- 1856-1943, born in Croatia, in a Serbian family. His father was an orthodox priest with a military education, he was also a man of vast reading and a spirited writer. His mother was a highly energetic woman and kept together the household (she used to plant seeds, grow the plants and turn them to fabric and clothes and had built the furniture in the house) and she used to invent tools to make her work easier.
- as a kid, his father used to make him play mind exercises to improve his memory and reasoning
- during childhood he was stricken by repeated episodes of hallucinations, which made him feel anxious. His self taught remedy consisted on intense focus on a close by object and in constructing a scenario about travelling to unknown places. This helped later his imagination in visualizing an object from every angle and in shaping mentally an idea into a device. When coming up with an idea, he first imagined the construct and made mentally the first calibrations and optimizations until the model was flawless and only then he would start building it. He concluded that this mechanism never failed to bring optimal results
- his father had a vast library, but he would not let him read, he even confiscated the candles used for reading. This made young Tesla build fuses and cast his own candles
- originally he was left handed, but later ambidextrous
- after finishing highschool, he had contracted cholera and had to stay in bed for 9 months. The illness convinced his father to let him study engineering and not religion
- after university, he moved to Budapest for his first job in a telegraphy company. He helped launching and improving the telephone main station. Later on he moved to Paris to work in an electrical company where he had come up and implemented multiple solutions
- he moved to NY to work for Edison, but quits after a while
- in 1886 he perfected the voltaic arc, to be used at street lighting
- in 1887 he founded his own company, Electrical Company
- biggest inventions: Tesla coil, AC distribution system, the fluorescent bulb, radio, remote control (proved in 1889 on a model boat), electric motor (1930), wireless communications and wireless electricty

Назив ,,Моји изуми" је толико неприкладан јер о њима пише свега 10%, остатак дела је ,,оооо видите како сам генијалан, је л' даааа, видите како сам осетљив, видите како бацам хејт на Лигу народа и милијардерске фуље, видите како сам духовит, је л' да да то нисте знали". IT WAS A BLAST THO. Would hang out with this guy.

An autobiographical telling of his early life, Tesla published chapters which follow his creativity & project. Given the method of publication was originally done via magazine, this book is very short & concise.

My greatest takeaway from having read about Tesla through his own words is how wonderful it must have been to have known him while also recognizing that many would have failed to appreciate it at the time.

Tesla is very pensive, self-reflective & self-critical. He spends a great deal of time in thought & expresses himself in such a way as to lead the reader to glimpse the behemoth of effort that goes into creating the masterpieces we have come to rely on as a species.

Finishing this book did leave me with feelings of sadness. Being someone who worked so diligently against the clock to achieve the unachievable, we see someone who struggled in many aspects of their life. In some ways I suppose that might be of comfort; the greatest of our species are also human too.

I am so glad to have read this book. Being as Tesla was something of a shadow figure throughout much of my life, I am glad to have gotten to know more about him & read about his interpretation of his efforts & achievements.

4.5 stars.
This was a very interesting book. Tesla was indeed a brilliant inventor and scientist, and after reading this book I can see how his brilliant mind, discipline, and vision made him build and imagine a world where wireless transmission of energy and flying devices would make significant improvements in the development of systems to make life better for humankind.
While reading this book, I couldn’t stop myself from thinking how he would feel about seeing someone reading his own book in an electronic device and then writing a review about it on an intelligent telephone and being able to share with a community through a wireless form of transmission, just like he had envisioned...
I also appreciate his vision of how inventions and science should be used for making the lives of millions better, and as tools to better administer the government and communications.

What better can a book be with keen observations of a scientist and his thought process textually put up for reading. Second read in 2024.