Marco Tempest: The electric rise and fall of Nikola Tesla

http://www.ted.com Combining projection mapping and a pop-up book, Marco Tempest tells a visually arresting story about Nikola Tesla -- called "the greatest geek who ever lived" -- from his triumphant invention of alternating current to his penniless last days.

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[Dejan Vulin]

For all those Serbs and Croats who are arguing if Tesla was a Serb or Croat, here are the words of Albert Einstein:

"If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew."

[tahshin1601]

Fuck Edison.

[khaldy454]

why Einstein is more famous than him ?

[CommandAndCommentary]

wow if you thought the illusion was the the stand out in this performance then there is no hope for humanity.

[CommandAndCommentary]

no. science brought me here.

[jormoor]

That was kinda really beautiful



[antoni vasilevsky]

-And what about Croatian destroyed his house in war? (now renovated)

-Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla are two different worlds.

-Nikola Tesla - The Last Wish song - Tamo Daleko.

[hfd484]

“The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concetrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power.

My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible.”-Nikola Tesla

[hfd484]

There is a quote of him saying that his mother taught him to look for the truth in the bible, you can look it up for yourself.

[purrup1]

How do you know?

[faveelous]

Daniel Radcliffe brought me here! :)