Why does the author of "Nikola Tesla, Inventor" include details about Tesla preferring to use 18 napkins with each meal, Tesla's claim that he would be able to communicate with the "residents of Mars" if they knew how to receive his signals, and about Tesla shorting out the power system of Colorado Springs by sending lightning bolts 135 feet into the air?

a. to highlight the differences between Tesla and the "arrogant and impatient" Thomas Edison

b. to show that Tesla's ideas were "rarely useful" in the real world

c. to suggest that Tesla was "untrustworthy and foolhardy" w

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Gauge Carey

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6 November, 17:45

Why does the author of "Nikola Tesla, Inventor" include details about Tesla preferring to use 18 napkins with each meal, Tesla's claim that he would be able to communicate with the "residents of Mars" if they knew how to receive his signals, and about Tesla shorting out the power system of Colorado Springs by sending lightning bolts 135 feet into the air?

a. to highlight the differences between Tesla and the "arrogant and impatient" Thomas Edison

b. to show that Tesla's ideas were "rarely useful" in the real world

c. to suggest that Tesla was "untrustworthy and foolhardy" w

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Reynaldo Carey · Answer 1

The main reason why the author includes these strange details is to show how eccentric Tesla was as an individual, in the hopes that this will show how he reached some of his greatest ideas (this was the fourth answer from the list that was posted with this question previously).