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Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

On a Snowy Hill

During winter days, Tesla enjoyed making snowballs. They say he usually created small snowballs, and every throw was accurate. He rarely missed.

However, during one of these games, an entirely inconspicuous incident triggered reflections in Tesla's mind that later led him to a significant discovery.

One day, while making snowballs with his friends on a high slope, a small snowball rolled down the steep side of the hill. Tesla and his friends observed how this initially small snowball, as it rolled more and more, gathered more snow and grew larger and larger until it became as big as a house.

While Tesla's friends saw nothing more than a fun rolling of snowballs, Tesla himself contemplated the phenomenon of a massive snowball emerging from a small one. This occurrence prompted him to ponder how small things can