Edison was a cunt. Apparently both Edison and Tesla were set to win the Noble Prize in the early 1900s.
Tesla refused out of pride and Edison refused because Tesla would get $20,000 as prize money (at the time Edison was rich and didn't need the money and Tesla had an unknown amount of unpaid bills) (this is all theory though because the Noble Prize Committee denied this).
IIN I idolize Nikola Tesla
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Edison was a cunt. Apparently both Edison and Tesla were set to win the Noble Prize in the early 1900s.
Tesla refused out of pride and Edison refused because Tesla would get $20,000 as prize money (at the time Edison was rich and didn't need the money and Tesla had an unknown amount of unpaid bills) (this is all theory though because the Noble Prize Committee denied this).