He was not a crank. He was not overly skeptical. He was not bound to pseudoscience. He was certainly not bound to societal expectations. However, he was—in the simplest term that can be used—odd. Historically, many of mankind 's greatest thinkers have been so. Nikola Tesla is widely believed to have suffered from severe obsessive compulsive disorder, which led to behaviors such as circling a city block many times before entering a building.1 Isaac Newton was riddled with mental insecurities to the point of a five-day long sleepless breakdown in 1693.2 Pythagoras had a sect of devout followers, and amongst the restrictions placed upon them was a ban on the consumption of beans.3 He—Steve Jobs—certainly had his own quirks. However, his quirks …show more content…
It seems that, instead, Jobs was simply a picky individual with an ability to sell ideas to the market. In order to win over the market, one does not need to be amiable, as they may need to if attempting to win over an individual. Rather, they need to be shrewd and can be more callous towards individuals. Jobs certainly was not amiable—as “he parks in handicapped spaces. He screams at subordinates[ and he] cries like a …show more content…
In his total ignoring of the humanity of others, Jobs directly defies the ethics of innovation and of science. For instance, he commits flagrant plagiarism of an employee 's ideas. Jobs directly claims another 's intellectual property as his own while at Apple, as Jonathan Ive recounts, “He will go through the process of looking at my ideas and say, 'That 's no good. That 's not very good. I like that one. ' And later I will be sitting in the audience and he will be talking about it as if it was his idea.”5 Were Jobs in the realm of science, he would have been discredited and ignored for his penchant to claim the designs of others as his own. Yet, Jobs continues to have success—he is in the private marketing sector, not a purely scientific office or academia—success which is rather counter intuitive due to the nature of its mechanisms. Study of scientific past usually shows a trend of progress made through collaboration, and failure to adhere to that trend can be extremely detrimental to a field. For instance, the case of the dispute between Hermann von Hemholtz and Ewald Hering discussed in Oliver Sacks ' essay, “Scotoma: Forgetting and Neglect in Science,” is shown to be highly restrictive to the evolution of the scientific
Both in fiction and in real life a certain breed of scientists has decided to ignore the scientific method and chase dreams of fame. With that fame, they hope to dig deep into our pockets and reap the benefits of their poor workmanship. It is most evident from the examples given that these scientists, who have seemingly reversed scientific evolution, no longer care for true science and the scientific method, but rather are interested in personal glory.
In modern society, it is hard to come across an individual that is truly a Renaissance man. Not many people are able to encompass all of the traits that come together to make this well rounded person. Bill Gates, on the other hand, possesses the traits that are present in a Renaissance man. He is honorable, smart, confident, proficient, intelligent, humble, knowledgeable, kind, generous, socially inclined, affable, respectful, athletic, and a writer. All of these traits make him the jack of all trades that a Renaissance man is supposed to be.
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was an eccentric man that was many lifetimes ahead of his generation. He was a man that dreamed of giving the world an unlimited supply of wireless energy. His genius imagination allowed him to think outside the box and solve issues that others had thought were unsolvable. Nikola Tesla proposed his vision for a system powered by an alternating current generator to Thomas Edison and was shot down because Thomas Edison’s power structure had already been established using a direct current system. The two butt heads however Nikola Tesla was relentless. After being used and rejected by Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla picked himself and went toe to toe with the most prolific inventor. The stage for David vs Goliath was set. Through Nikola Tesla’s borderline obsession to solve the design for an alternating current motor and sacrificing his own opportunity to become a wealthy man, we now live in a very efficient world where everyone reaps the rewards of his genius, few know his name, and even fewer know what he did.
Today, I will be introducing you to my new invention, as well as giving you a look at myself and my previous inventions so that you will have a good perspective about how profitable your investment will end up being.
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
Steve Jobs is an American business man who had a passion for perfection. He also was not afraid to fail, but every time he failed he would improve on the product that he was planning on making. In the book that Walter Isaacson wrote about Steve Jobs mostly explains what he went through to make the products that we know of today (Isaanson, 2011). He had a really good passion for great excellence, and insisted on elegant design and simplicity. All in all he is a very successful business leader in our society today.
Steve Jobs was an innovative mastermind with visions that helped change the world. He co-founded Apple inc. which is a well-known billion dollar company, and also invented products so popular, almost anyone you ask owns a product of his. In order to understand why Steve Jobs is an american cultural icon, one needs to have a description of his background and a critical analysis of his moral behavior.
"Were we to seize and eliminate from our industrial world the results of Mr. Tesla's work, the wheels of industry would cease to turn, our electric cars and trains would stop, our towns would be dark, our mills would be dead and idle. Yes, so far reaching is his work that it has become the warp and woof of industry... His name marks an epoch in the advance of electrical science.
“The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane”. Nikola Tesla is considered to be one of the greatest pioneers of electrical engineering. His legacy marked a revolution of modern technology.
Nikola Tesla is a man that many individuals associate with brilliance. Moreover, Tesla is a name that ignites impulses within an individual’s brain which illuminate, via bio-circuitry, the thought association of Tesla and brilliance, similar to the force we term as electricity. Brilliance however, shouldn’t be the only descriptive word to come to mind when thinking of one of the greatest engineers and inventors to live. Innovation and determination should be undoubtedly included in the list of descriptive words of Mr. Nikola Tesla. For without the innovative mind of Tesla, midcentury inventions as well as current technological advances would be nonexistent, or worse, credited to Thomas Edison.
The United States is known as the “Land of Opportunity.” Individuals who immigrant or live in the United States could reach the “American Dream,” the idea that every individual can gain success and prosperity by hard work and determination. But only a few people gain success, like Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Inc. He owned a successful corporation and was a billionaire. Jobs belongs in the one percent category. Steve Jobs’s company wasn’t an overnight success, he had worked for years until he reached success. He started his company in a garage, but with effort and determination, he created a multi-billion dollar company. He knows the struggle a person has to overcome to reach prosperity. It took time before he became wealthy, he used
Nikola Tesla is regarded as one of the most brilliant inventors in history. His work provided the basis for the modern alternating current power system, as well as having developed both radio and the fluorescent light bulb. He worked with Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse, among others. He was also widely misunderstood by his peers and the public at large.
Steve Jobs has significantly impacted today’s society and many industries. Steve Jobs was born in February 24th, 1955 in San Francisco California. He was adopted at birth by Paul Jobs (1922 -1993) and Clara Jobs (1924 ` 1986). Jobs went through rocky days in elementary school. Despite his rough time in elementary school, Steve was able to skip couple of grades. Steve enrolled at Reed College in Oregon but he dropped out after six month. Steve studied creative classes, including calligraphy.
Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs was an American entrepreneur, marketer, and inventor, Steve Jobs was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. He was also the co-founder and CEO of Pixar and NeXT Inc. Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco, CA February 24, 1955 and died in Palo Alto, CA October 5, 2011. His spouse was Laurene Powell from 1991-2011 when he died from a respiratory arrest related to the pancreas neuroendocrine tumor and Metastatic Insulinoma. Steve Jobs had 4 children Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Reed Jobs, Erin Jobs and Eve Jobs.
Stephen Hawking is an interesting and famous person. He is simultaneously part of two different groups of society which most people view as existing on opposite ends of a spectrum. He is profoundly disabled, requiring much care. He is also a brilliant academic who has been compared with Einstein. Stephen Hawking, in his popularity, shows that our society is generally understanding and accepting of very unique people.