His Name Was Nikola Tesla | Hadar Lazar | TEDxUChicago

A physicist and storyteller, Hadar performs an original piece on the TEDx stage about the inventor and visionary Nikola Tesla. Describing her inspiration for the piece, she writes: "His influence is so grand that we grew immune to it, the way one grows accustomed to ever-present background noise. His incredibly unique story suggests that perhaps moving forward needs no cause; 'forward' is the cause." The need, she says, is to "take the next step."
Hadar Lazar likes stories.
As a third-year physics major at the University of Chicago, Hadar conducts particle physics research at both UChicago and Princeton in an attempt to trace the elusive plot of our universe. She further enjoys diving into stories through other media, including performing in University Theater and writing. She is also committed to helping provide a platform for other people's art as an editor of student magazine Sliced Bread and the host of its literary podcast, The Bread Beat.
Hadar's interest in both art and science stems from a belief that reasoning or meaning can be unveiled by investigating what sometimes presents itself as chaos.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@indersingh3720]

There is a say in India "A wise man will always be recognized after 100 years of his death"

[@aviralmishraofficial1626]

Indian Scientists (Ancient) were great, Ramayan was a rocket based warfare!!

[@karanvirsingh2830]

@@albionmeraj6119 inder said something different Why would you reply him such a way?

[@albionmeraj6119]

@@karanvirsingh2830 oh i understand you, todays world has been planned centuries ago, and indians are one of those strong people, they were scientists as i know

[@chandlerminh6230]

@@albionmeraj6119 LOL. You haven't read a single line of Vedas or Ramayana. You study at WhatsApp University it seems.

[@sidhantpanjgotra8249]

Cheltook Tribe but tesla did.! A person will find I something only if he wants to find something otherwise he’s blind.

[@demlinnalo2030]

tesla the greatest scientist n engineer ever born.

[@Name-uc7kt]

no doubt, he is a god

[@jurajsertich2265]

@@Name-uc7kt croatian

[@naskutak]

Hi is Serbian

[@jurajsertich2265]

@@naskutak no, he ia born in croatia.

[@JayJonesy11]

@@jurajsertich2265 Serbian.

[@bradpool127]

When a man of such ingenuity and influence of the modern world is treated with such obscurity, you know you are not being told everything.

[@caragramgoogleweb3.023]

YOU ARE RIGHT..

[@frost6471]

History is written by Victor

[@smilingbuddha]

It's all politics mate

[@adityaroychowdhury8493]

The honour of best comment here goes to you bro👍

[@eh7602]

@@frost6471 that victor guy seems likeanasshole

[@jigerjain]

Glad to hear people getting aware about the greatness of The Sir Nicholas Telsa !. These kind of talks and his experiements should be made reachable to common mans and make them aware what this man was and how he had potential to revolutionize the world!

[@kadam41]

jiger jain yhh

[@constitution_8939]

@Jiger Jain, he Absolutely DID Revolutionize the Whole World.

[@annonymouswithnoname]

“Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.” Nikola Tesla. Keep going girl... ;-)

[@minadas7506]

She's like a melody that sang Tesla's dark and lonely verses.

[@of8155]

Nicely written

[@mohit-pb3oz]

I loved your comment.

[@AJAY-op8dg]

The man who invented 20th centuary

[@shankz8854]

AJ AY one of the men... Tesla didn’t come up with everything in a vacuum - he learnt from other men, experimented, made mistakes, borrowed ideas from others and improved upon them. He was not a one man army by any stretch. The first AC line was built in Italy in 1884, with the first operative line put into service in Rome the next year. Tesla certainly helped the advancement of AC transmission, but it would’ve happened without him.

[@saint-elmeau4067]

The 20th sanctuary

[@SuPaMaNallday]

AJ AY 20th Century Fox

[@user-uj2cq6rd8n]

R.I.P spelling😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@arunmadathil2825]

Just 20th century?? Where is rest?

[@007dredger]

Edison was a great marketer of other people's inventions, while Tesla was the possibly greatest inventor ever!

[@aquablooms]

Absolutely true..!!!

[@mohittanwar7972]

Edison Was a greedy man. He is one of the reason a why Tesla didn't received the honour which he deserved

[@nonegiven3814]

Steve Jobs was our generation of Edison, always copying everyone else work then locking them in his echo system.

[@SThrillz]

Tesla's greatness was swallowed in a world where value is currency based and he had no interest in money, sad to say he would've been better known if he did.

[@kokrofilms2639]

" present is yours and future is mine" Nikola Tesla once said.

[@phongnguyen7561]

she's so pretty. the voice so sweet

[@AsifRafique_]

phong nguyễn what a point you have noticed

[@thinkingaloud7925]

Yet narrating such a grim story

[@subibond]

Yes...she's really pretty

[@anishtheodore5010]

Yeah wonderful voice

[@Geraldbux0401]

The only reason I'm here.

[@vishakmohan7889]

tesla was the best......He is my hero...

[@LaYazela]

My idol

[@dulminidharmapala1819]

Thank you for honouring him. You put it out there at a platform many will see and, hopefully, understand his genius. Thank you.

[@gleonard1850]

Underrated post

[@ckg3362]

G Leonard exactly!

[@Aruneagle47]

am i the only one who cried?

[@neelamaninithiyanandam9235]

Me too

[@prakashgupta001]

every time I see or read something about tesla !! 😭😭😭

[@davidstirling7992]

Nope there’s a few of us out here! Just a few!

[@howindiansdoit4927]

Bunch of p***ies

[@maricamarica1821]

No im crying as well

[@SARASWATISHAH1]

im amazed to watch this ...i felt like tesla was there in her voice ...

[@vignesh2330]

😊Absolutely

[@blogwatching5031]

an indian girl who watchs video about tesla? now thats rare ... :D

[@itsatimelessvision]

Saraswati Shah me too :)

[@devawratvidhate9093]

If someone says this guy great than Tesla i remind his quote: " Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine." During my school days there was entire chapter on Thomas Edison no mention of tesla But in college during physics lecture i came across unit Tesla thats it and during my engineering What she said is absolutely right about Tesla till this day i realized how entire generations are brainwashed very few people know how Tesla is legend but for most sheepeople Edison was great During Elon musk interview when he said edision was great , i feel really bad despite his company name Tesla he knows what Tesla contribution is why he choose Edison ...? I can't digest that fact till this day

[@devawratvidhate9093]

@Tzzzard Medes yea that's true but then I realized he was not the original founder of Tesla

[@cautiousoptimist]

Amazing! I stumbled upon this vid when "youtube-ing" nikola tesla vids. I realized immediately this remarkable young woman had been a customer over the weekend at my booth at an art show in UC neighborhood. We had discussed her upcoming assignment at CERN and I found her to be an engaging young woman. Had I known she was a Nikola Tesla fan, I would have never have let her leave the booth...:-) This vid added fullness to the impression she left with me. All the best to her in the future! And Hadar - (I remembered...:-) if you read this - It's all in the loops, even THEY loop...:-)

[@pradeepkumaragl]

The way she rendered her speech was Excellent. Her voice modulation and sadness in her speech was conclusive. The World is strange place and history is also strange sometimes great people like Tesla never get their due respect and recognition. Tesla should have got great recognition for his contributions to the world, his inventions is are unbelievable considering the nature of usage and amount influence it has on this planet.

[@ohhJavier]

pradeep g l I was about to say the same thing. Absolutely fantastic speech!!

[@nvalles2565]

I do not agree. It seems all TED TALKS have the same cadence and rhythm. Listen to more and see. It’s very boring now. She left our important info as well.

[@VEIL.UNKNOWN]

This had 20 thousand views when i last saw it...her way of telling the story captivated me, and she has a relaxing voice

[@marlenaforbes-reidy9876]

Nikolo Tesla was a genius way before his time he left a great legacy for the future - Hadar Lasar you are brilliant and refreshing to listen to stay the way you are - thank you 💖🌟

[@shivashrivastava4437]

The sacrifices, the thinking prowess, the achievements, its just unmatched, unparallel, even the best thinkers of today are may be 10% of him, that too i think is more.

[@raphealbamidele4076]

He was the modern Alexander the great

[@jaisonantony1874]

I think you are that pigeon tesla nursed back to health.

[@somebody7407]

Yes his gf

[@Ramdoot_Shubham]

Whoa!

[@vivekvs1522]

Haha

[@rogerflores2145]

Tesla was right after all about the pigeon.

[@dreadone6894]

This is a dove ...

[@crooker2]

Is unfortunate that Edison 'won' over Tesla. But given that Edison was a business man and Tesla was trying to create free energy for all people... It's no surprise that his funding was removed, ruining him. Edison won because of money, seriously stunting the growth of humanity in the process. Greed and fear. It motivates us (humanity) and hinders us at the same time.

[@vikraal6974]

According to Einstein, Tesla was a genius bigger than him

[@aryaa319]

he never said this...rather they were fiercely opposite of each other...Tesla never approved *Theory of relativity*

[@infinityhumour]

@@aryaa319 once an interviewer asked einstein how it feels to be the smartest person on earth and einstein said ask nikola tesla.

[@vikraal6974]

@@infinityhumour as story goes Einstein was asked, How it felt to be the smartest man alive, Einstein's reply, "I don't know, I've never met Tesla"

[@Toolgdskli]

Einstein said that as sarcasm for inability of Tesla to comprehend Einstein theories.

[@vikraal6974]

@@Toolgdskli There is no primary source for that.

[@rajan1147653]

I believe tesla was the best .... best ... best .... ever ... But I came here to see this beautiful woman... wow... she is very beautiful... tesla would feel proud seeing this from the heavens..

[@Jescide]

no

[@globalhuman6064]

sho enda ithu...athraykku beautiful aano....mm

[@honoraryanglo2929]

You’re strange

[@lolan1057]

Wtf? All are beautiful..

[@semi5alpha]

No one is better than Tesla..

[@13abhinav]

Legands might go through pain, People might say that he is insane,No one can understand his deep pain,But On Day World Will Change With a Single Bolt With Tesla's Name

[@HurairahGT1]

Mr S daaammmnnn that was lit (pun very intended)

[@ptiwaridotin]

That is some amazing public speaking, Tesla was a legendary inventor but sadly not a capitalist who could have built an empire out of his inventions and spread his ideas like wildfire across the globe, he could have used all his wealth into catalysing the process of innovation and do so much more. I love the guy, he made a lot of sacrifices, but there is no sense in dying penniless and alone. Great artist ship, great minds bring godly gems to the layman, please share your gifts with the world, capitalise on them and use that momentum to change the world further. Don't make Tesla's mistakes and don't make Edison's mistakes of being arrogant. And if you must make mistakes and fail, fail fast, because all you have is just one life. Peace, love and innovation to you.

[@bundleofperceptions1397]

It's amazing that with all we know about psychology, psychoanalysis, and human development, we still allow psychopaths to run and ruin the world.

[@JonasAnandaKristiansson]

Mmmhmm.. Insanity and utter ignorance

[@abcdxx1059]

nope we let them do it because they are the best what do you expect let you run the world ?

[@pratikthakoreable]

Thanks Hadar. I have been professing Nikola since 2008 when i read the war of currents. I work on Water as future fuel. We only know Edition and Eistein as they got media coverage but there are many Unsung Heroes Scientist like Vikor schberger, Thevenin etc who has great contributions in science. Namaste and god bless.

[@shannenchance7488]

Sir Nicholas Telsa i believe is the smartest man that have ever lived out shining albert him self and was so far in front off his time that will see affects off his work with frequency and energy even 100 yrs in the future and i believe than we might understand what telsa did with out arguing and we start exploring frequency to the fullest.

[@colinmurphy2214]

shannen chance his name was not Nicholas

[@letmepickmynameidiot4832]

Lol giving your opinion but cant even get his name right...It`s Nikola.

[@chochyvlogs8981]

Nikola Tesla was the greatest mind in so many ways...most know him from AC but few know about his truly greatest discovery, The Ether. We Are One!

[@ravipratapsingh9845]

Wish I had a teacher like you..

[@abhishekmangaraj]

Hi Hadar... I'm really overwhelmed by the way you described him...you really looked into him the way very small people do

[@Name-uc7kt]

what?

[@deleater]

lol what ?

[@Name-uc7kt]

i dont get this comment

[@deleater]

Name 1001, Indeed ! That is why I asked him (not you, I think you may have misunderstood, never mind) too.

[@Name-uc7kt]

Tesla is to me, the greatest scientist so i also don't understand this comment

[@adityasingh5911]

I am in love with this girl! She felt every word she said!

[@thangchinhang9311]

To tell u the truth. My son dreamt of him in heaven. He is currently teaching my son and then continue his legacy until the world journey end. Amen

[@harshvaidya3863]

you may have heard a story , there was a interview of Albert Einstein interviewer asked how do you feel being most brilliant and intelligent man , Albert Einstein firmly replied ," why dont you go and ask nikolas tesla about it " such a great inventor was Nikolas tesla . I am grt admirer of his work and devotion toward looking forward to see wireless electricity and UFO soon 😍 rest in peace man we are going to walk through your path of practical knowledge and its use ☺️

[@shankz8854]

harsh vaidya certainly heard the story. Unfortunately it is completely false - feel free to research it yourself.

[@LalitYadav-jh2ks]

She feels every word while speaking .She has brought back the legacy of NIKOLA TESLA.

[@brotherstech3901]

Her Narattive skills braught tears 💧into my eyes. Beautiful speech. Thank you for reminding everyone the works of the great Man.

[@JannerBros]

Wow!

[@navedhasan4632]

Hi the one with a checkmark

[@am1of1]

+Hadar, what a torrent of feeling you've unleashed in 6 mins, with zero aids/ props Your storytelling & delivery made my hair stand on-end! (... and I'm a bald chap! 😂) As a speaker, I applaud you for being *such a powerful storyteller* 👌👌⚡⚡, and am curious to know ... - Where & How did you learn to communicate so powerfully? 🙌🙌 ... and ... how much prep (& labour of love) went into this 6 min masterpiece? Shine On ☀️☀️, +Hadar

[@shivashrivastava4437]

Honestly, i dont have any words, this was greatly presented. I cant imagine where would the world be now, if he was still alive, he had lot of secrets and he took many more revolutionary ideas with with...its even an insult to compare him to any figure.

[@Name-uc7kt]

absolutely right! Tesla was the greatest out of any scientist that ever lived

[@poremtaikam5383]

If in the time Tesla saw her He would literally gonna keep her as assistant to elaborate his discoveries to the world . Her voice is as clear as Cristal .

[@bigredracer7848]

Because they stole his inventions and now they're charging us for something he was going to give us for free and they don't want everybody to know this

[@shankz8854]

@Scott H I think you’re a little confused. Tesla’s free wireless energy was just an idea. It doesn’t appear to work. Current energy production costs money. You can argue about the price, but no one can produce energy for free.

[@iamnine7776]

@@shankz8854 No one needs to produce it, it's already there. The cost will be the receiver, no cost in production.. It's all around us and in us..

[@AbisekFPS]

I am Nine yup 😭

[@shankz8854]

I am Nine technically we don’t produce energy, of course, but converting heat into electrical energy cannot be done for free. So yes, it DOES cost money. And most people know what is meant by “energy production”. Not many people think you’re breaking the laws of physics when you use that term.

[@GauravSharma-dk1et]

She said he was lonely;he said be alone that is the secret of invention and that is where ideas are born but more importantly he didnt just quote it but proved it

[@barrowbarre6411]

Tesla said "The present belongs to them but the future belongs to me". How true. His name is not only a scientific unit of measurement but futuristic cars bear his name. RIP

[@TheoryOfMathmatics]

Beautifully explained

[@YoAddicts]

Thanks. This talk is extraordinary. Being vivid really helps, and I think you're going to do just fine (be it in the science or the arts) with your originality

[@SharonBalloch]

"The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power. My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible; therefore I devoted the next few months to the study of this work." -Nikola Tesla Book Source : My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla

[@frost6471]

He never said that.

[@abhisheksrivastava4236]

As an electrical engineer I respect Nikola Tesla and Edison both very much.... The real pioneers...

[@Livetrue2024]

His gift is not inventing, he discovers and feels electricity and harness it, not made. It’s already there, he taps nature’s power for us. Thank you Tesla.

[@Priya_T011]

Nikola Tesla is my favourite scientist.🙏

[@mj101inf9]

Great speech, I could've listened to her for hours. The way she started by talking about Zeus, a god that could throw lightning bolts, I expected her to finish up by saying Tesla had been a real-life Zeus who commanded the lightning. Or something like that. But she didn't. Either way I liked her.

[@aquablooms]

Hi Hadar Lazar, Thanks for the wonderful and precise story presentation about life of Nikola Tesla. You are the woman with such exquisite voice modulation....very elegant; no other words......God bless !!

[@akashpatil7851]

That 1:27 "sooo bad" was sooo goood actually☺️. I listen it more than 100 times now....😅

[@suryanarayanan5158]

Lol man

[@michaelhurtado4400]

She is an awesome speaker!!

[@manavmanav2161]

Her way of presenting is so great, amazing storytelling skills.

[@junaydparvezjaved6417]

I thought the speaker will cry in the end. Tesla should recieve more tribute

[@AST4EVER]

In early childhood I read about Edison and that brought me to Tesla. At that time I had no knowledge of what those inventions were but only a couple of years later I came across them in my Physics book. Since I knew about Tesla a lot more than any other of my classmate, I was quick to discard Edison in front of my teacher. To which I was retaliated with "You must respect Scientists". I kept mum only hoping that world will one day realise who Tesla was. Now I'm at peace with younger generation knowing a lot more about Tesla.

[@inspiregrow2336]

Nikola Tesla is ❤

[@gsriram7]

I love it when people recollect their childhood stories for the topic they chose to speak for the night. Gives me goosebumps

[@GoutamVj]

That was bloody brilliant !!

[@raven_chaser]

And am back again...i just love the atmosphere she created...

[@roamaejulaton2671]

Tesla was never mentioned in our textbooks here in the Philippines. If it's not because of the internet I may not know him.

[@digvijaysingrajput5780]

It feels like she is telling my story to the world

[@Jb_youtube1]

Is anyone know, where i can follow her?? She's so amazing speaker

[@colinmurphy2214]

I feel she is more artist than scientist

[@sladjanasimic5486]

Correct

[@chinemeudegbu3843]

She’s more human.

[@imsodone5737]

Tesla's life teaches us that creative people aren't always going to be rich, but they have to create for the good of the world. Creative people, having bled for there work, should be careful of sponsors who mostly only want to steal & run

[@taramas5582]

Take a sip of coffee whenever she says: ac/dc

[@gokurocks9]

*DEAD*

[@karanrathore6916]

Her voice ❤

[@athulraj100]

Hadar Lazar please do more videos.

[@mohitdass3081]

The presentation was awesome 👌

[@sayyer10]

Does anybody else see beyond why this girl choose to talk about Nikola Tesla? I can feel it in my gut that she is somehow related to that great man!

[@vladimirdobrijevic9329]

I assume that she has serbian origins. Her last name is Lazar which is very common first name in Serbia and also it is also short version of common surname in Serbia: Lazarevich. Also, Chicago is the biggest "serbian" city in the world after Belgrade in Serbia with population of about 500 000 serbs. Video is subtitled with Serbian cyrillic alphabet. Also, Nikola Tesla was Serbian. So...it may be that is connectio. I think she is honoring compatriot and physicist as she is also the one :)

[@shubhangisharma5922]

Interviewer : how it feels like to be smartest person around Einstein replied " ask mr.TESLA "

[@daveowens]

Brilliance.

[@SIDNIKALIENS]

Beautiful said.. He was the hero for mankind they miss to understand him. There can be no secound Tesla ever born on planet Earth.

[@devangsingh2377]

You proved that oratory is not just about how loud and captivating you can be. It can be also done through your soft demeanor and not for one second did you let go of the audience may it be through actions or verbal. Amazing Marvelous the pegion reborn.

[@vishnuch8423]

This is certainly the no1 Ted Talk that makes you feel saddened. She's amazing

[@PandianExpress]

this made me cry 😢 tesla never dies he lives with all of us in form of electricity

[@zfam99]

I was so much into the thinking of Tesla that I didn’t distracted by her beauty

[@xaikia5593]

DaVinci and Tesla shaped modern world from two different centuries..

[@biljanaradulovic7079]

digbijay saikia ...Leonardo da Vinči je PRETHODNA inkarnacija Nikole Tesle ! A postoji i REINKARNIRANI Tesla, koji je ponovo rođen 12.9.1966.godine u Srbiji !!!

[@xaikia5593]

@@biljanaradulovic7079 can you translate this to English?

[@biljanaradulovic7079]

digbijay saikia ...TALES is first incarnation...Leonardo da Vinci, from Vinča Serbia, is second incarnation...Nikola Tesla, from Smiljan, is third incarnation... Milorad Tomić or Tesla Reincarnation is forty incarnation...! Tesla Reincarnation make New civilization TESLIYANA in 4D !!!

[@SiddharthSinghFiery69]

I'm glad I watched this. Even if it's already 4 years late. Better late than never. Nikola Tesla 🙏

[@BrianSmith-li3zs]

Amazing, I felt that, you have it. Gratitude for sharing it. Amazing energy to you.

[@KrishnaPrakash]

What a soft wonderful narration !

[@turborios5458]

Nikola tesla was a genius, a beautiful man that was born before his time, im sorry you weren't giving your recognition but someday the people will remember your name, for you alone were the perfect man,spectacular elegant and electrically handsome... you will never ever be forgotten tesla ♥️

[@turborios5458]

369

[@somebodynow9849]

Did anyone notice how the pretty lady has such a bubbly and playful nature! Almost dancing slowly. Took my heart 💓. And of course for me Tesla has always been the best. For everyone else as well, they just don't know it yet.

[@varunmohan7055]

Words just aren't enough to describe the greatness of Nicola Tesla... and Hadar Lazar the way you described it gave me goosebumps.!!

[@Avatar_2025]

Nikola once said," The present is theirs, the future is mine".

[@davidleslie1963]

Wonderful...

[@FEDisGangster]

Tesla was the biggest genius ever lived

[@stephenblack5425]

Guys like Albert Einstein Stephen Hawking Nikola Tesla are the most genius mans who ever lived in planet earth they invented the technology's that no man could ever dream about 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Name-uc7kt]

Albert Einstein wasn't as smart as Tesla tho, but still a good man

[@Name-uc7kt]

it is an insult comparing Tesla to Einstein and Hawking, he was far more better

[@SachinRajpoot03]

Impregnated with serenity and unmatched glorified words excels narration...

[@thinkingaloud7925]

Beautiful narration

[@katiekach5125]

Nikola Tesla was in all ways one of the most enlightened beings that ever lived who dedicated his entire life to the betterment of all mankind, keeping nothing to himself.

[@devashishsharma7055]

thankyou so much tesla we love you

[@EXULANSIS_J]

Damn she was brilliant

[@monimoni8141]

Bravo! Loved it

[@anuppudasaini8014]

Her voice is so calming.

[@HopeFaithandLove1111]

It's sad that Tesla didn't get the recognition and praise that his work and dedication deserved. He's a genius in my eyes. GOD BLESS him for all his efforts to humanity. If this world were more like him, we would be in a better place.

[@JC-cz3be]

She Is Spectacular