Nikola Tesla's Dynamic Theory of Gravity

[Drakkith]

Whatever and whoever he was, he should not be dismissed as a lucky crackpot who was unimportant to the history of the world.

I don't believe anyone is claiming him to be a lucky crackpot. He was a very good engineer/scientist that made many useful contributions.

 

[sophiecentaur]

I am really wanting to write out a long post, i simply don't have the time at the moment. However, simply calling something a conspiracy doesn't mean it's not true. Am i wrong for agreeing with Paul? I think it sounds correct. In the end, I'm just wanting to give respect to an amazing engineer and scientist.

And say what you want, i still think he beats Einstein ;D

Bringing in the CIA and other intellectual 'thieves' is a pretty strong hint at a mysterious conspiracy. I can understand how Marconi could have 'pinched' a basic idea but the fact was that he actually produced a large number of of successful projects fully justifies him. Engineers and Scientists don't do their work in isolation; they ingest ideas from elsewhere and synthesise with them. It's the guy who produces the tangible and properly documented results that deserves the real credit for engineering a system.
As far as the CIA is concerned, you'd need to suggest a pretty good motive for their reputed interference before the idea could hold water.
In what respect does Tesla "beat" Einstein? You could also say that Robin Hood beats Einstein because of his reputed social behaviour. If Tesla's ideas really were up to much then why don't we find them in textbooks? What did Einstein have to do (greasing palms??) to make his legacy stick so well? Perhaps he was just a lot better at what he did.

I am always aware of a suspicious lack of Maths in any of the readily available quotes of Tesla. They all seem to be very much arm waving and based on very sketchy data. If that ain't Bad Science then I don't know what is.

 

[Neandethal00]

Please do not turn main stream science into
Main Stream Media.

Our way or no way.

 

[zonova]

Tesla did document his work, at least in the form of patents.

Not sure about the CIA thing, however I'm pretty sure that it's a fact that they took up all of his work documents at his death.

Why don't we find Tesla in textbooks? That's a great question, and i have no idea why. I think he's certainly better than Edison, and yet you find him in many textbooks. Another reason that Einstain is in so many textbooks is because what Tesla did wasn't really physics. There really wasn't anything to teach. You simply have the designs for his inventions through his patents, what more do you need? Einstein did physics, which is something that is taught much more often. His concepts of relativity appear in a lot of textbooks.

Why does Einsteins legacy stick so well? Mostly because of the immense popularity he gained through WW2. He's is mostly known as the guy that created the atom bomb which ended the war. That is what made him famous to everyone on earth. It's not because he did anything "better". That's not to say that Einstein didn't add greatly to our understanding of physics, etc. He certainly did.

 

[gmax137]

...Why does Einsteins legacy stick so well? Mostly because of the immense popularity he gained through WW2. He's is mostly known as the guy that created the atom bomb which ended the war. That is what made him famous to everyone on earth...

where did you get this idea?

 

[zonova]

where did you get this idea?

I think it holds true for anyone that isn't a "physics guy", so like the average person. Obviously it's different in forums like this one, since this is a physics forum :P

 

[ZapperZ]

It appears that this thread is no longer a discussion on physics. It is now done.

Zz.