Readers Respond: Tell us who your favorite inventor is and why?

Responses: 60

By Mary Bellis, About.com Guide

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what can i say, he founded AC electricity, the radio (consept) and well, he is Serbian
—Guest Grujic

I cannot believe this guy is not #1. Just read what he invented and look around your homes electrical devices. I see 5% Edison, 95% Telsa influence in mine. Its funny how shameful people like Edison and Marconi are by stealing someone else's knowledge and pretend that its there's. Pathetic actually, can you imagine how many other poor saps had credit stolen from them? probably many Tesla's out there.
—Guest Robert Smithson

Tesla practically invented the 20th century by himself - electricity generation, AC power, electricity transmission, electric motors, remote control, flurencent bulbs, and Radio to name a few.
—Guest ScienceHistorian

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—Guest Thelma K. Castleberry-Knox

Yes, He is the best. More than all his inventions His idea of free energy will be true. Just wait for it!
—Guest Grittin James

My favorite inventor is myself. Because of that I have invented very successful herbal medicine for growing hair on bald heads. Already many people including doctors also got hair after applying this herbal liquid on to their bald heads, Proofs can be given as required .
—Guest G.L.W.A Jayathilaka

This is my fav inventor cuz he invented the TELEVISION and I simply LOVE watching it!!
—Guest Stella Montez

It has to be Nicola Tesla. Everything we use is a directly tied to what he invented. Alternating Current and the Tesla Coil. Your world would not operate correctly without AC and without the ignition coil in your car. Even the current hybrids and electric cars use a form of Tesla's AC dynamos. Doesn't anyone remember Edison who went around electrocuting animals to prove that AC would kill, where as Edison's DC current could easily kill too (about the same volts). Tesla discovered that over 2K+ cycles per second pulses of AC would flow over someone's skin instead of through it. Tesla also invented other devices we are still trying to figure out. Since he was not even in top 10, I have to seriously question this polling and the history being taught in schools. Even i didn't know about Tesla until I did researched him on my own. What an inspirational, complicated and unsung super genius the world had the privilege of neglecting.
—Guest Honor

Before the printing press ideas were passed around by letters. This was very slow and limited the number of people who received new ideas. With the printing press an idea could now reach thousands of people. The idea could then be expanded and passed again to thousands of people. Once knowledge began to expand the world was off and running.
—sjkac1

He was the first revolutionary inventor who inspired and created history by becoming the first person to become part of galaxy of continuing inventors
—karrar786

If we can imagine what wil be happend to our world if we at once "switsh off" inventions of Nikola Tesla! The World be become dead!
—Guest Misa Milas

The best inventor of modern times in my opinion has to be Trevor Baylis, who came up with the wind-up radio. It was a great revolution for those in Africa, and brought news to those who previously would not have been able to receive it. A great invention for people in the Third World.
—Guest Daniel Hall

Mary Bellis
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