borderlandsciences:

On July 10th, the anniversary of his birth, many people and organizations around the world will be participating in a celebration and salute to the achievements of Nikola Tesla. We would like to do our part in spreading awareness of the works of Tesla, to promote education about him, and so offer the following links as a brief initiatory framework:

“My Inventions”: the Autobiography of Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla’s autobiography, “My Inventions”, was originally printed by ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTER magazine in six parts, commencing in the February 1919 issue through until the June 1919 issue, and concluding in the October 1919 issue. It presents a brief look at Tesla’s life, his discoveries and inventive processes, and how he envisioned his discoveries being used in the future.

• “The Broadcast Power of Nikola Tesla”: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
  [Gerry Vassilatos’s three-part exploration of Tesla’s history and thinking.]
• “The Tesla Mystique”
  [George Trinkaus discusses the storied mythology of Nikola Tesla, debunking the legends to reveal the true man behind the curtain.]
• “Communicating with Mars: The Experiments of Tesla & Hodowanec”
  [Robert Nelson looks at Tesla’s unorthodox experiments in interplanetary communications]
• The Ray of Discovery - Nikola Tesla
  [A Tesla telecast by Gerry Vassilatos, 90 mins]

Whatever you end up doing this Sunday, we encourage you all to take a moment to remember and recognize this great man, and to consider how you might participate in the important work of not only preserving his legacy, but continuing to expand upon it into the future.

PEOPLE, PLEASE TAKE TIME TO LEARN ABOUT AND REMEMBER THIS GREAT MAN. HIS INVENTIONS AND IDEAS WERE TOO ADVANCED FOR THE WORLD HE LIVED IN AND IT FRIGHTENED THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM SO THEY QUASHED HIM DOWN AND HE DIED A POOR MAN, BUT INVENTIONS MADE BY AND INSPIRED BY HIS IDEAS ARE USED TODAY IN THE MODERN WORLD AND SO FEW REALIZE THIS. THIS IS THE SCIENTIST THAT PEOPLE SHOULD REMEMBER.