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eppur_se_muova

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3. Tesla was a brilliant engineer who held some truly antiscientific, even mystical, views.

Reply to orangecrush (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 22, 2019, 12:39 PM

Oct 2019

He never accepted modern physical theories of light, to give only one example. Without modern EM and quantum theory, he was left behind by scientific progress.

As for Edison ... he introduced the electric chair in an effort to "prove" Tesla's AC was dangerous, and his DC supposedly was safer. The first attempted execution by electricity was horribly botched, and his employees had experimented on many animals to try to get it right. Not most people's idea of a nice guy.

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Edison was a marketer orangecrush Oct 2019 #1

Tesla was a brilliant engineer who held some truly antiscientific, even mystical, views. eppur_se_muova Oct 2019 #3

Accurate on both counts. orangecrush Oct 2019 #4

It's a not very well known period in science history... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #2

Can't wait to see this one.. mitch96 Oct 2019 #5

dewsgirl posted on GD HAB911 Oct 2019 #6