The Twists and Turns of Science and Discovery

Nikola Tesla, a protege of Thomas Edison, was as OCD about germs, cleanliness, etc, as his protege and sometimes co-worker Tom was about inventing the "stink machine".  Nikola was amazing in developing viable systems for the delivery and use of electricity,  wireless energy transfer, electromagnetism,  and a ton of other stuff.  His biggest achievement as far as 21st Century Civilization is concerned, is the invention of the Particle Beam, Death Ray, or Teleforce Weapon as it was variously called.  Conjecture has it that he invented this after being totally PO'd that the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Marconi for radio in 1909,  Nik believed (probably correctly) that he invented the device.  The Death Ray (a great sublimation of his OCD) to our benefit, made it possible for Modern Mankind to experience...DOCTOR EVIL