America’s Greatest Inventor

_urga · on Oct 11, 2013

Henry Ford wrote a brilliant book about Thomas Edison that's available here:

http://atomicacreative.com/images/ACG_EdisonAsIKnowHim.pdf

irickt · on Oct 11, 2013

Regarding Tesla, this consulting company publishes another book which includes "How brilliant scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla destroyed himself". I guess he needed a better marketing consultant.

brymaster · on Oct 11, 2013

> He certainly has been an inspiration to me in my career.

Indeed. Both Gates and Edison are known for their anti-competitive business practices.

Foundation era Gates is great, Microsoft era Gates not so much.

beggi · on Oct 11, 2013

Um, http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla

brymaster · on Oct 11, 2013

Coincidentally, http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/05/18/nikola-tesl...

beggi · on Oct 11, 2013

Hehe yeah, I agree with that article's assessment. Tesla and Edison weren't arch rivals, and both of them were important. I still find the comic fun to read :)

EugeneOZ · on Oct 11, 2013

Looks like Gates didn't read that: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla

nu2ycombinator · on Oct 11, 2013

I tempt to compare SteveJobs vs BillGates to Tesla vs Edison

bsullivan01 · on Oct 11, 2013

along with a few photos of some of the Edison-related items I’m lucky enough to own.

He also owns Da Vinci's notebook http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1esdvq/til_bi....

Must be nice to be a gazillionaire...