Nikola Tesla's Accomplishments

As James Levine is famous for saying, “I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.” To me, one of the greatest mentors of innovative scientific history was Nikola Tesla. That being said, if given the opportunity to spend the next year of my life in a different time period I would like to live during the year 1942 so I could work beside Tesla. This was the year before Tesla died, a time when he had experienced the full scope of his expertise and could impart that wisdom to me. My questions about his popularity would be answered in full. Questions about Tesla’s integrity could lead to the answer to the legendary disputes about what was rightfully his. Legends about genius inventions that could only be imagined

would be fully realized and, possibly, those inventions could be brought to the light of day. By spending a year with Tesla I would help benefit modern society. (brainyquote.com)
According to Marilyn Monroe, “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” I believe that a greater understanding of somebody mentally unique would provide me with the inspiration to reach the levels of career success that he enjoyed.

One of Tesla’s traits that can be argued as a symptom of great success is his insomnia and addiction to work. According to John J. O’Neill, Tesla experienced “a five-hour period of rest with only two hours of that devoted to sleep.” Therefore, he exhibited a power over his body that few possess. Tesla also received impressive celebrity within his lifetime. According to Jill Jonnes, “Tesla settled happily back into the opulence of the Waldorf-Astoria, enjoying his own celebrity.” Tesla seems to be enjoying his fame within the community of Waldorf-Astoria, and quote suggests that he was famous in general. I would love to learn from Tesla how to devote myself more fully to scientific development, and how to cope with the fame that comes with that devotion. I would like to be able to cope with the fame that comes with helping

society.
According to an old Scottish expression, “possession is eleven points in the law, and they say there are but twelve.” One of the biggest inventions since sliced bread has been the invention of the radio. Radios have injected themselves into all aspects of modern life from cars, to phones, to laptops and every other device. However, there is a distinct and complicated conflict between two historical figures when distributing rights to the device. Some people believe that Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio, while others assume that Nikola Tesla did. Listverse.com states that “Marconi’s… four-tuned system was pre-dated by N. Tesla, Oliver Lodge, and J.S. Stone.” With so many people having been given credit for the radio, the source itself can be confusing. By traveling to the time of Tesla, I could finally determine, as a fact, the source of the radio. I would love to learn living history from Tesla. I would hope to stop the modern argument and free up historians to consider other more important historical events.
According to Arthur Schopenhauer, “Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.” Being mentored by Tesla would not only provide me an opportunity to know a great mind of historical invention. It would also provide me the ability to learn the truth about all of the targets that Tesla saw that are now lost to civilization. For instance, according to Listverse.com, “Nikola Tesla allegedly generated a resonance of several buildings, causing complaints to the police.” This device could use sonar waves to crumble inferior structures, the sheer power of which could have been amplified and used in multiple ways to positively change the tide of history. For instance, if the device had been used in World War 2, Hiroshima might not have needed to be attacked and many people wouldn’t have needed to die to get a point across to the Japanese. Another invention that Tesla supposedly had planned to create was a wireless electricity charger. Robert Uth wrote a book on the topic in which he stated that, “his [Tesla’s] larger objective of wireless power transmission need not be dismissed on that score… views he proposed… outdistanced… the necessary science to investigate them. Tesla did not know about the…ionosphere, which is an excellent conductor.” Perhaps with an appropriate understanding of both Tesla’s invention and the ionosphere, the production of wireless energy may be feasible, though not by Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Tower. Therefore, another benefit of being mentored by Tesla could be creating a constant, renewable energy source in the modern world. I would love to help Tesla bring his bright future to the present.
In conclusion, an opportunity to be mentored by Tesla for a year would provide me with many advantages.

I could learn would be how a dedication to work can lead to decent fame. The conflict between the possible inventors of the radio would finally be finalized. Inventions that, unlike the radio, had fallen into oblivion would be returned to the light of the day for the benefit of all. I whole-heartedly believe that the experience would not only create a positive effect in my knowledge and behavior, but would bring many benefits to the outside

world.