20120514

Nikola Tesla, the geek's geek

Nikola Tesla relaxing with a book under his coil.
Thanks to ThinkGeek for posting this amazing comic about Nikola Tesla, brought to you by The Oatmeal:

Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived:  http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla

>> new crush forming >> sorry, Thomas Dolby, I'm afraid you'll have to make room.

* also this nice & comprehensive blog post about how Tesla basically invented everything.

2 comments:

Jeff said...

he never got credit for the stuff he invented...however , he did get honored by having a rock band named after him : TESLA
and they have a few songs that are in reference to his inventions..

susanhardy said...

Thanks, Jeff! I'd heard of Tesla the band, and am heartened to know they were aware of his awesomeness.