Nearly
everyday, I discovered, to my dismay, the fact that I am rather
ignorant in many things informative, educational, or simply interesting.
On the other hand, I can also choose to look at it in a more positive
way, that everyday I discover and learn something new, informative,
educational, or simply interesting. Same fact, viewed in different
prospective. Absolutely nobody can know everything anyway.
Today
I discovered by chance a name, an important name that should have been
well regarded and remembered by everyone but is all but forgotten. In
my case, I confess that I have certainly never even heard of Nikola
Tesla. A true genius, brilliant scientist and inventor. He discovered
alternative current, the first to send electromagnetic waves at a
distance, I.e. origin of wireless transmission; the authentic inventor
of the X-Ray, not Marconi, of television, the X-rays of radar, the
fluorescence, of microwave, of WiFi, of tachometer of the motor
induction of vehicles, even the first prototype of airplanes taking off
vertically. Impressive list of talents and accomplished achievements
isn't it? He died in 1943 in New York, as destitute indigent.
In
his life time, he was systematically looted, robbed, belittled,
exploited by large industries, the all powerful Westinghouse amongst
others. He invented but the others obtained the patents, including
Edison who was horrendously jealous of him, continuously making his
existence bitter, sabotaged his nomination to the Nobel of Physics,
twice. Since then, intellects and scientists all over the world had
come out from silence and anonymity advancing from the stepping stone
of the most important labour of Nikola Tesla.
It's
a good job that the Spanish TVE-1 showed this as homage in their
weekly programme 'Informe Semanal' to the most deserved forefather of
such important scientific discoveries; better late than never. I only
came upon it by chance, and sincerely hope I had remembered the
mentioned facts right; I was too busy watching the programme and
absorbing the details to take notes, didn't occurred to me at the time
to write a Blog about it.
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