Goodreads Doesn't Have It, Data Migration: My Inventions
Tesla is such a eloquent writer. Very witty and funny. It's heartening to see multiple instances where he saw disappointment in someone we might think as inherently successful. Not given money by a paranoid man when a boy; not having his inventions picked up. Yet he never gives in to hate. He says that these hateful individuals are nothing but a small, jealous disease. He then goes on to list a series of problems he has good solutions to, including many social ones. Whenever I am feeling discouraged I always turn to this book for my good friend Tesla's, a fellow math enthusiast's, advice on the matter. We were so lucky to have this man in the world; one of the only men I genuinely admire and respect as a woman. Finally, I also just appreciate his intrapersonal intelligence. He doesn't have time for imprecise answers in his science but also in his psychology. My favorite line is where he says where a man may over-psychoanalyze his sadness that suddenly passed over his mind, Tesla knows it is simply a result of the sun being covered by cloud for a second. Actually no. My favorite line was when he cartwheels his body 180 degrees due to a balance mishap on the street and is told by a witness they have only seen cats do such a thing. That and the line about being denied correct densities of ham due to his supposed sensitivities, when in fact--though he appreciated the thought--he was left very hungry by these considerations. Yes, my favorite catlike, brilliant soul. Enjoyed my third reread today. May he be enjoying the densest, most abundant cuts of select ham in the heaven best suited for feline-like Serbian inventors.