Historical past, they say, is written by the victors, but that's chilly comfort to the women and men x-ed out by the editor's pen. For years, science textbooks equated electricity and gentle with one man, Thomas Edison, while the genius whose pioneering electrical applied sciences actually power the trendy world languished as a minor be aware in scientific history, sandwiched between Edward Teller and Thales of Miletus. Earlier than the turn of the twentieth century, electricity remained a mere scientific curiosity -- one that many doubted would ever do an trustworthy day's work. Nikola Tesla, arguably more than anyone else, modified that, but his pioneering research in electricity represents only a portion of the scientific and technical innovations that elevated him to science godhood. But, simply because it takes more than groundbreaking music to give rise to a rock god, we think it takes more than innovative breakthroughs and superb machines to make a scientific one. We would argue that such a figure should additionally possess intriguing aspects -- qualities like eccentricity, vision and the desire to undergo for science.

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