Nikola Tesla

* Nikola Tesla
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Small Bio:

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system.

"One of the most gratifying results of intellectual evolution is the continuous opening up of new and greater prospects." - Nikola Tesla

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Interesting info:

1)  He was born during a lightning storm.

2)  He had a great sense of humor.

3)  He developed the idea for smartphone technology in 1901.

4)  Tesla could not stand the sight of pearls, to the extent that he refused to speak to women wearing them.

5)  Throughout his life, Tesla displayed a formidable work ethic, keeping a regimented schedule.

6)  While he could be reclusive while deeply engaged in work, he was fascinating company when he felt like being social.

7)  Not only did he attract the friendship of famous people like Mark Twain, but he also drew the attentions of women, some of whom confessed to being “madly in love” with him. Much of Tesla’s personal life remains a mystery, however, and he never married.