In July, 161 years ago the legendary inventor of Serbian origin, Nikola Tesla, was born. He is probably the most mysterious scientist of the last century. He discovered alternating current, fluorescent light and wireless power transmission. He was the first to build an electric clock, a turbine (Tesla's) and a motor powered by solar energy. He is attributed paranormal abilities and discoveries that his contemporaries were unable to do. We should be a little skeptical, but in any case Nikola Tesla was a loner and his way of life and work was unique. Another well-known inventor and competitor, Thomas Alva Edison, called him a "mad Serb."

1. Nikola's strange visions and impulses began to appear at the age of five

In states of excitement, he saw flashes of light and saw the rumble as thunder. He read a great deal, and according to him, the heroes of the books aroused in him a desire to become human at the “highest level.” “Unusual visions were often accompanied by unbearably sharp flashes of light, which were very torturous; they did not allow me to see objects clearly and made it impossible for me to think and work.

"Whether I turned to any of the psychologists or physiologists, none of them could explain to me what it was all about. I assume it's innate because my brother has similar problems. ”Nikola Tesla

2. Nikola Tesla constantly practiced his will and tried to gain full control over himself

"At first I had to suppress my desires and then they gradually began to be in accordance with my will. After several years of mental exercise, I managed to gain full control over myself and control my passion, which became fatal for many strong personalities. "

The inventor first allowed the passes to pass through and then suppressed them. This describes how he dealt with smoking, drinking coffee and gambling:

"That day and in that game, I overcame my passion. And even so lightly that I almost regretted that she wasn't much stronger. I ripped it out of my heart so that there was no sign of it. Since then, I've been interested in gambling just as much as biting my teeth. I also had a period of passionate smoking, which began to affect my health. I used my willpower and not only did I quit smoking, I managed to suppress any affection for it. A few years ago I started having heart problems. Once I realized that the cause was my cup of coffee in the morning and I denied it (even though it really wasn't easy), my heart returned to normal. I dealt with other bad habits in a similar way. For some people, it could be hardship and sacrifice. "

3. He was very active and energetic, yet somewhat extravagant

During the walk, he was suddenly able to do a toss

4. Tesla claimed to have a photographic memory

This allowed him to cite various books without difficulty. As he once walked in the park and recited Goethe's Faust by heart, he came up with a solution to a problem he was dealing with at the time. when lightning strikes. Suddenly everything was clear, I used a stick to draw a diagram in the sand, which I later elaborated, and it became the basis of my patents in May 1888. "

5. Nikola Tesla spent a few hours walking every day, alone

He was convinced that walking stimulated the work of the brain, so he tried not to be disturbed.

"In undisturbed solitude, thinking becomes more penetrating. One does not need a large laboratory to think and invent. Ideas are born when the mind is not disturbed by external influences. Most people are so absorbed in the outside world that they are unable to perceive what is going on inside them. ”

6. Tesla slept very little and considered it a waste of time

He claimed that he rested only four hours a day and that he thought about his ideas for another two hours

7. He suffered from misophobia, a morbid fear of dirt and grime

He tried to avoid touching objects that could have a lot of bacteria on the surface. If a fly landed on a table in a restaurant where Nikola Tesla was sitting, he insisted on changing the tablecloth and cutlery. He demanded that the plates and cutlery be sterilized in a certain way, and yet he still wiped them with napkins. No one else was allowed to sit at his table in the restaurant. He had a really sick fear of infection, so he threw away his gloves after one use, didn't shake his hand, and constantly washed his hands and wiped himself with a new towel. He consumed at least 18 of them a day. By the way, this phobia may be understandable, Tesla was twice seriously ill in his youth, and after enduring cholera, which he almost succumbed to, he began to fear any infection.

8. Reluctance to shake hands

It is possible that his reluctance to shake hands was not based solely on the presence of microbes, and that he had another reason to do so, which could only attack Tesla: "I do not want my electromagnetic field polluted."

9. The inventor left the table when women with pearl jewelry sat behind him

When his assistant was wearing a pearl necklace, he sent her home; Tesla hated round surfaces.

"At that time, I had my aesthetic perspectives and insights. In some it is possible to trace the effects of external influences and others are inexplicable. I felt a strong aversion to women's earrings, but I liked some of the other jewelry, such as bracelets, to some extent - it depended on how interesting their design was. When I saw the pearls, I was almost on the verge of collapse. But I was fascinated by the glitter of crystal or objects with sharp edges and smooth surfaces. I would never touch another person's hair, even under the threat of a gun barrel. I got a cold looking at a peach, and if a piece of camphor was thrown somewhere in the room, I felt very uncomfortable. "

10. Nikola Tesla never married and had no children

He never seemed to have an intimate relationship. Touching another person was almost beyond him. Judging by the film The Secret of Nikola Tesla (The Secret of Nikola Tesla, 1979), he only touched on friends and people he had known for several years. He was of the opinion that the woman as such is the cause of a great outflow of spiritual energy (man) and that only writers and musicians need to get married to gain a source of inspiration. Tesla died at the age of 86 and is believed to have panicked.

"The scientist is obliged to devote his / her feelings only to science. If he split them, he can not give everything to science what he asks. "

11. Tesla remembered books and paintings very well and had a great imagination

This ability helped him overcome the nightmares he had suffered from childhood and experiment with his mind.

12. The scientist was a vegetarian

He drank milk, ate bread and vegetables. He drank only filtered water.

"Even today, they don't leave me indifferent to some things that used to upset me. When I pour paper cubes into a bowl of liquid, I always feel a disgusting taste in my mouth. I used to count the steps on walks. For a soup, a cup of coffee or a piece of food, I calculated their volume, otherwise I did not enjoy the food. "

13. He stayed in hotels only in those rooms that had a number divisible by three

On his walks he also went around his part of the neighborhood three times.

"The number of tasks I had to perform in my work in a certain order had to be divisible by three. If I didn't get the result in the given step, I started again from the beginning, even though it sometimes meant working a few hours longer. "

14. Tesla never owned a house, lived permanently in an apartment, and had no private property

In addition to your laboratory and relevant land. He slept right in the lab and at the end of his life in the most expensive hotels in New York.

15. It was important for him to look his best

He was always out of the box and passed on his diligence in dressing to others. If he didn't like the maid's clothes, he sent her home to change.

16. Tesla performed alternating current experiments on himself

But he never experimented with other people or animals.

17. He was convinced that it was possible to learn to control cosmic energy and make contacts with other worlds

He claimed that he did not invent anything himself and that he was only an "interpreter" of ideas that came to him from the air.

"This man is fundamentally different from all people in the West. He demonstrated his experiments with electricity and at the same time treated it as a living being who could be spoken to and who could assign tasks mimo It is beyond any doubt that he is at the highest spiritual level and is able to know and understand all our gods. ” The Indian philosopher Swami Vivekananda on Nikola Tesla

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