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u/brokenyard · 226 pointsr/AskHistorians

It's also worth noting certain Tesla biographies largely influenced the Oatmeal comic's slant. That is, the idea that Edison was a dick definitely predates the comic.

u/secretlyloaded · 9 pointsr/todayilearned

I'm tired of all the Tesla worship memes that are devoid of any critical thinking. Oooh, Edison stole everything Tesla ever did, blah blah blah. The full story is a bit more complex than that, as was his life. He was a complicated guy. He was brilliant, no doubt. But he was also a crackpot and made a lot of crackpot claims he couldn't back up. He was very generous when George Westinghouse had financial troubles. His OCD compelled him to calculate the volume of his soup before he could eat it. His best friend was a pigeon.

To appreciate the man fully in all his complexity, you have to accept all of those truths.

I highly recommend Tesla: Man Out of Time by Margaret Cheney. It's a good read.

u/[deleted] · 9 pointsr/pcmasterrace

The idea that Edison good Tesla Bad existed for far longer though ;)

Let's not forget that when running his smear campaign on Tesla and alternating current Edison tried to and succeeded in executing a man with the first electric chair, but it screwed up and fried him like what happened to that guy in The Green Mile.

edit: I love how I get downvoted for the truth.

I've read half a dozen books about Edison and Tesla, but hey, fuck that - right? This is the anti tesla circlejerk and this train won't stop for nobody!

Here's some books to read instead of believing Reddit comments:

Tesla: Man Out of Time

My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century this one is free on kindle

Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World - this one gives you the best perspective



u/boomerxl · 5 pointsr/technology

There's his autobiography.

Biographies of him tend to either be sycophantic or overly critical, with one notable exception; Tesla: Man out of time.

u/thatboatguy · 2 pointsr/tall

That's not what I expected it to look like...interesting that his family would keep a museum elsewhere. The book I read was Tesla: Man Out of Time.

u/raedix · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

Sure, this book was shocking, and this one was electrifying.

u/Eratosthenes · 2 pointsr/reddit.com

If you are interested in Tesla, I highly recommend reading this book. He was a fascinating character.

u/thatcrazycanuck · 2 pointsr/booksuggestions

I've been reading Tesla: Man Out of Time by Margaret Cheney lately, and it's been great so far!

u/two_if_by_sea · 2 pointsr/math

Perhaps he would like the biography Tesla:Man Out of Time.

u/esaruoho · 2 pointsr/technology

throw that POS book in the bin right now and never recommend it to anyone.


the guy who wrote it was a serious hater.


Now, this one, on the other hand ( http://www.amazon.com/Tesla-Man-Time-Margaret-Cheney/dp/0743215362/ )


Mr. Seifer also had no business devoting a whole chapter to badmouthing John Keely.


And besides, John O'Neill's Prodigal Genius and Tesla's self-written My Inventions are still much more cohesive writings on the man.


http://www.amazon.com/Prodigal-Genius-Life-Nikola-Tesla/dp/0913022403


http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=patents+lectures+articles+tesla


Also, save yourself some time and just dig into
http://www.tesla.hu/tesla/tesla.htm#Articles

&

http://tfcbooks.com/tesla/contents.htm


enjoy.

u/franklyshankly · 2 pointsr/pics

http://www.amazon.com/Tesla-Man-Time-Margaret-Cheney/dp/0743215362

This one? One of the best books I've ever read personally.

u/catchpen · 2 pointsr/videos

I recommend this book for anyone that doesn't know much about Tesla (or has kids that don't) Tesla: Man out of Time. Great book!

u/Sangermaine · 2 pointsr/science

I'd also recommend Tesla: Man Out of Time for a more recent biography of him. It's an interesting book, though I should warn you that the organization is kind of poor and the author jumps around a lot.

(Also, you're link to Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla isn't working; here's the book on Amazon if anyone is interested.)

u/falor42 · 2 pointsr/books

I rather enjoyed this one: Man out of Time

u/DokuHimora · 2 pointsr/booksuggestions

The best one I've read thus far is Margaret Cheney Tesla: Man out of Time.

edit meant to link to Amazon.

u/JudasEscargot · 1 pointr/todayilearned

Tesla: Man Out of Time

read this and tell us something we don't know

u/LOLMASTER69 · 1 pointr/gaming

>What does this have to do with their content? Nothing.

On the contrary, I established that your primary source is a blog post which holds as much stature as the cartoon it and you criticize.

>There are mountains of material about this topic?

Yes there are several notable biographies on Tesla, and literally hundreds of books written about Edison, GE, the electrification war.


>Forbes dismisses 15% of the Oatmeal's piece? Really? Did you measure that number? Are you sure it wasn't 17%? Maybe 80%?

Yes, I did estimate that number. I wrote 14+15 (character/invention) claims on a discarded bank envelope that I use as a coaster. I felt the Forbes article focused on 3 invention claims, 2 character claims about Edison and 1 character claim about Tesla. I discounted the Edison claims because I'm well-read and I disagree, yielding 13.7% or if you would like to quibble 20.6%. In either case the magnitude is unimportant, because the Forbes piece does not address 17 out of 29 claims. It accepted 6 claims, the same contested. I'd love to see your estimates.

Nevertheless, I was being fairly generous in assuming the Forbes piece was correct in the statements it contested. I strongly disagree, specifically relating to the attempt to diminish Telsa's role in the development of AC.

>Don't insult me personally and pretend you're making an argument.

Given the beginnings of this thread, I'm amused by your posturing.

EDIT: I found this http://theoatmeal.com/blog/tesla_response after revisiting your article.

As for legitimate reading, start here:

http://www.amazon.com/Edison-A-Biography-Matthew-Josephson/dp/0471548065


and I very much like this one, http://www.amazon.com/Tesla-Man-Time-Margaret-Cheney/dp/0743215362

u/mehgoat · 1 pointr/technology

Well it was a small Village in Croatia in 1856, so I am going to guess the record keeping may not have been the best.

Source: Tesla Man out of Time

u/dalkon · 1 pointr/Tesla

There's a lot of weird stuff I would recommend avoiding not just because it's silly, but because it's generally so vague and uninformed that it's not even very interesting.

Here are a couple books I read too long ago to remember well, but I remember liking them:

u/NewbieTwo · 1 pointr/AskReddit

Tesla: Man Out Of Time

A little biased, but nonetheless a great history of how many times Tesla allowed himself to be screwed over.

u/voraidicon · 1 pointr/funny

Yes this is true. One time Tesla had a dinner party and invited a bunch of guests over to his lab. Twain volunteered to participate in a demonstration. He insisted on full power and ended up shitting himself. I believe I read this in the biography Man Out of Time.

u/InconelMind · 1 pointr/todayilearned

I liked this biography when I read it. It was very thorough and well written.

https://www.amazon.com/Tesla-Man-Time-Margaret-Cheney/dp/0743215362

u/Phaeteon · 0 pointsr/reddit.com

Tesla: Man out of time
by - Margaret Cheney

Such an underappreciated man. He could have done so much more for the world had he only been financed properly. Brilliant scientist, shitty salesman.

u/tob_krean · 0 pointsr/technology

> Tesla was not a poor overlooked genius in his life.

And yet for many people (myself included) it may literally be the band Tesla, or something like the Oatmeal comic that may introduce them to the topic.

And I had numerous classes in science and engineering that certainly should have touched on his work but didn't. In fact the other week I took a tour of a museum where I needed to fill in much needed information that was otherwise a one-sided Edison homage.

But I would encourage, like you, for other people to go out and read what they can on the topic. Books like:

  • Man out of Time
  • The Inventions, Researches, and Writings of Nikola Tesla
  • Empires of Light

    And while you bring up Wozniak, you grossly exaggerate what The Oatmeal did to the point of being comical, but you know I'd almost like to read a treatment of him by The Oatmeal because Jobs will far outshadow him and I'm willing to bet he'll probably suffer the same fate in a few decades. Just the story of Breakout reminds me of a similar Edison/Tesla dichotomy

    And that perhaps is the reason people may tip the pendulum a little too far in the other direction. It just so happens that sometimes Cracked or The Oatmeal may actually introduce people to things that neither conventional media nor our "Texas approved" school books may cover adequately.

    Don't knock The Oatmeal for making a reasonable attempt to shed some light in a comical way on a topic that deserves attention. Unless you are willing to give it a rebuttal point for point and then have the author respond to it as he did Forbes as cited below.

    For those interested in a follow up by The Oatmeal, here it is:

    http://theoatmeal.com/blog/tesla_response

    I agree with you in spirit, but I think your line of thinking still helps perpetuate the original problem. We need to actually stop turning people like Edison, Jobs and Gates into deities in the first place and then perhaps the folklore about others who make substantial contributions that many people have little knowledge of wouldn't have to fight so hard to rise to the surface.