Is Nikola Tesla the greatest geek who ever lived?

by Mary Weilage in CXO

on June 28, 2012, 7:02 AM PDT

Is Nikola Tesla the greatest geek who ever lived?

If genius inventor and revolutionary thinker Nikola Tesla doesn't get your vote for the greatest geek ever, tell us who does and why in the comments section.

The Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman created a comic that details why he thinks Nikola Tesla is the greatest geek who ever lived (and why Tesla is better than Thomas Edison). On TechRepublic, we have featured 30 of Tesla’s patents, and referenced the inventor in at least two Geek Trivia posts, but we have yet to poll Geekend readers about where they think he ranks in terms of all-time greatest geeks… until now.

Check out these Tesla-related links

Nikola Tesla Universe site
Nikola Tesla’s patents for aircraft, ships, railways, autos, and more (TechRepublic)
Geek Trivia: Skies on the prize (TechRepublic)
Behold – The singing Tesla coil! (TechRepublic)
Geek Trivia: Fighting fire with wireless (TechRepublic)
Tesla – Master of Lightning (PBS.org)
Marco Tempest: The electric rise and fall of Nikola Tesla (TED video)

Thanks to TechRepublic’s Mark Kaelin for The Oatmeal link.

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Is Nikola Tesla the greatest geek who ever lived?