02.10.2010 Letters of Note
Nikola Tesla is one of the great unsung heroes of science and American history. At least as influential as Edison (Tesla basically invented AC power and deserves large credit for radio as well) and riotously famous in his heyday, his name is today only vaguely familiar to many— often it carries slight connotations of a volunteer's hair being stood on end using static electricity or some similar "mad-scientist" trick.
This letter, via the highly-recommended Letters of Note blog, was written during the end of Tesla's life. Tesla was never a man for money and was living broke in a transient hotel room when author Louis Adamic wrote this letter to Herbert Hoover asking Hoover to help him find a benefactor.
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Posted by charlie williams at February 10, 2010 03:32 PM
