Life "genius recluse" Nikola Tesla

• Life "genius recluse" Nikola Tesla

July 10 marks the 161 year anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla - the inventor of the famous American of Serbian origin, engineer, physicist, scientist, ahead of time. For his discovery of the journalists called Tesla "master of lightning", but for a way of life - "a brilliant recluse." In addition to the voluntary renunciation of personal relationships, he had many other oddities and phobias.

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Scientist at the age of 23 and 29 years

His scientific experiments knows everything, but no less interesting is the personality of the inventor. His mind and talent do not have to argue, but a way of life aroused rumors contemporaries. him in his childhood began to notice strange behavior dictated by the unusual phobias and obsessions.

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The inventor before the spiral coil of his high-frequency transformer 1896

Tesla obsessively cultivate willpower, trying to gain over a full control. he wrote in his autobiography: "In the beginning I had to suppress their desires, but gradually they began to coincide with that dictated the will. After several years of training I have achieved such complete self-control that effortlessly restrained passion that ended in disaster for many of the most powerful people. " At the same time he first allowed himself to anything addictive, and then willed himself forced to give up the bad habit. So it was gambling, smoking, having a cup of coffee in the morning - first passion to the stage of threats to health, and then - renunciation and indifference.

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The scientist in 1904, and during one of his experiments with electricity 1898

He was prone to extravagant actions - could, for example, while walking suddenly do a somersault. Or recite "Faust" by Goethe. Hours of hiking inventor performed alone, because I thought that they stimulate the mind, so that no one should interfere. He slept very little, considering it a waste of time.

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The famous photograph of the reception of double exposure. First shot of lightning, and then the very Tesla

Biographers write that Tesla suffered a painful love for purity and mezofobiey (fear of germs and contamination). If the restaurant on his desk sat a fly, he asked to replace the tablecloth and devices. He demanded that all the tableware in the kitchen took a special sterilization, but even after that always rubbed all the napkins.

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The scientist during one of the experiments with electricity 1899

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The famous inventor Nikola Tesla, 1899

He was afraid to pick up an infection, therefore threw away the gloves and scarves, once they put on. On the same occasion, Tesla avoided handshakes and constantly wash their hands every time wiping them with a new towel. However, this phobia is explained quite simply: double Tesla ill with serious illnesses, and when he was able to recover from cholera, he began to be afraid of any infection.

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The scientist shows his invention, 1916Covsem seems inexplicable phobia, because of which Tesla had such a strong aversion to the pearls that rose from the table, if it were for a woman with pearl jewelry. Round surfaces inspired him disgust, even he could not get used to the billiard balls. The scientist wrote: "When a pearl I found myself on the verge of a seizure. But I was totally fascinated glittering crystals or objects with sharp edges and smooth surfaces. I thought, how many steps did during walks, and calculated in cubic unit volume of a bowl of soup, a cup of coffee or a piece of food, or I did not feel the pleasure of eating. "

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Nikola Tesla, 1933 and 1943.

Nikola Tesla was never married, had no children and have never had an intimate relationship. He believed that the woman - "the biggest thief of spiritual energy." Friends he talked about his platonic passion for Sarah Bernhardt. But he was sure that "marriage is necessary only to writers and musicians, as it contributes to their inspiration. The scientist also must devote all their senses only to science, for dividing them, he can not give science all that is required of him. "

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Scientist demonstrates his invention 1938

Tesla wrote: "The uninterrupted solitude mind becomes sharper. To think and invent, do not need a big laboratory. Ideas are born in the absence of the influence of the mind in external conditions. Be alone, only in it ideas are born. Most people are so obsessed with the outside world that they do not notice what is going on inside them. "

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The monument to Nikola Tesla in the US

Some biographers have suggested that Tesla was aware that his strangeness complicate the lives of not only him but also others. That's why he preferred to remain in seclusion. Others believe that these oddities and phobias are not the cause but the result of a voluntary researcher loneliness. But analysts attribute this to the fact that the scientist was manic personality suppressed sexuality, whose energy was directed into the scientific mainstream.

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Monument to Nikola Tesla in Baku, Azerbaijan