百度贴吧物理吧和相对论吧曾经流传过的一个段子
“特斯拉是伟大的科学家,除了交流电之外,还为我们贡献了有效的智商测试器。”
也算是对网上过度吹捧特斯拉的一种调侃吧。
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另有关于11次诺奖,自己拒绝的传闻,据说来自维基。
但是wiki上特斯拉的词条,关于nobel prize的仅此一段:
On 6 November 1915, a Reuters news agency report from London had the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla; however, on 15 November, a Reuters story from Stockholm stated the prize that year was being awarded to Sir William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays."
There were unsubstantiated rumors at the time that Tesla and/or Edison had refused the prize.
The Nobel Foundation said, "Any rumor that a person has not been given a Nobel Prize because he has made known his intention to refuse the reward is ridiculous"; a recipient could only decline a Nobel Prize after he is announced a winner.
There have been subsequent claims by Tesla biographers that Edison and Tesla were the original recipients and that neither was given the award because of their animosity toward each other; that each sought to minimize the other's achievements and right to win the award; that both refused ever to accept the award if the other received it first; that both rejected any possibility of sharing it; and even that a wealthy Edison refused it to keep Tesla from getting the $20,000 prize money.
In the years after these rumors, neither Tesla nor Edison won the prize (although Edison did receive one of 38 possible bids in 1915 and Tesla did receive one of 38 possible bids in 1937).
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