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Интересные моменты из жизни Николы Теслы. ФотоThe great inventor was born 161 years ago.

July 10 marks the 161st anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla, the famous American inventor of Serbian origin, engineer, physicist, scientist, ahead of time. For its opening the press have dubbed the Tesla “master of lightning”, and for the way of life – the “genius recluse”. In addition to the voluntary renunciation of personal relationships, he had many other eccentricities and phobias.

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A scientist at the age of 23 and 29 years

About his scientific experiments known to all, but not less interesting is the personality of the inventor. His intelligence and talent is not necessary to argue, but lifestyle caused his contemporaries rumors. In childhood it began to notice oddities in behavior, dictated by the unusual phobias and obsessions.

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The inventor in front of the spiral coil of his high-frequency transformer, 1896

Tesla obsessively brought up in strength to gain over a full control. In his autobiography he wrote: “in the Beginning I had to suppress their desires, but gradually they began to be dictated will. After a few years of training I have achieved such completeness of possession of a what effortlessly to restrain the passions, which ended in disaster for many people”. However, he first allowed himself to anything, and then with an effort of will forced myself to abandon bad habits. So it was with gambling, Smoking, with 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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Scientist in 1904 and during one of his experiments with electricity, 1898

He was prone to extravagant behavior – could, for example, while walking suddenly do a somersault. Or quoting Goethe’s Faust. Many hours Hiking the inventor has made alone, as believed that they stimulate the work of thought, which no one should interfere. He slept very little, considering it a waste of time.

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The famous photograph made by receiving a double exposure. First shot of lightning, and then the Tesla

Biographers write that Tesla suffered a painful love of purity and musophobia (a fear of germs and contamination). If the restaurant is on his table sat a fly, he asked to replace the tablecloth and Cutlery. He demanded that all the tableware was in the kitchen special sterilization, but even then always wipe everything with napkins.

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Scientist during one of his experiments with electricity, 1899

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The famous inventor Nikola Tesla, 1899

He was afraid to get an infection, so throw away the gloves and scarves, once wearing them. On the same occasion Tesla avoided shaking hands and constantly washing my hands, wiping them every time a new towel. However, this phobia was explained quite simply: double Tesla had serious illnesses, and when he managed to recover from the cholera, he began to be afraid of any infection.

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The scientist demonstrates his inventions, 1916

It seems quite inexplicable phobia, which Tesla had such a strong aversion to pearls that stood up from the table, if it were women with a pearl jewelry. Round surface filled him with disgust, even to the billiard balls, he could not get used to. Scientist wrote: “At the sight of the pearls I was on the verge of a seizure. But I was absolutely fascinated by the sparkle of crystals or objects with sharp edges and smooth surfaces. I counted the number of steps made while walking, and was calculated in cubic units the volume of a bowl of soup, a Cup of coffee or a piece of food, otherwise I did not feel pleasure from food.”

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Nikola Tesla, 1933 and 1943.

Nikola Tesla was never married, had no children and had never been in an intimate relationship. He believed that the woman is “the biggest thief of spiritual energy”. Friends he talked about his Platonic infatuation with Sarah Bernhardt. But he was sure that “marriage is necessary only for writers and musicians, as it contributes to their inspiration. Scientist should devote all his feelings only to science, since by dividing them, he will not be able to give science all that is required of him”.

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The scientist demonstrates his inventions, 1938

Tesla wrote: “In uninterrupted solitude, the mind becomes more acute. In order to think and invent, don’t need a big lab. Ideas are born in the absence of the influence on the mind and the external environment. Be alone, just him ideas. Most people are so absorbed in the outside world that they do not notice what is happening inside them.”

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The monument to Nikola Tesla in the United States

Some biographers suggest that Tesla was aware that his weirdness complicate life not only to him but also to others. That’s why he preferred to be in solitude. Others believe that these oddities and phobias were not the cause but the result of self-imposed solitude of the researcher. But analysts attribute this to the fact that the scientist was a manic personality with a repressed sexuality, whose energy was directed in a scientific direction.

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The monument to Nikola Tesla in Baku, Azerbaijan

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