Nikola Tesla - Smarter Than Bill Gates and Steve Jobs Combined

Yeah...you know who I'm talking about
Nikola Tesla
The greatest geek who ever lived
Let's just say that basically every major technical advance of the early 20th Century, from alternating current to hydroelectricity, radar to radio, came directly from Tesla.
The Oatmeal.com gives us a basic Tesla for Dummies post that is worth reading.
Is Tesla had lived longer, he surely would have invented the internet.