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EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK - All of Tesla's children
(Goran Skrobonja)

"During her travels, Anka Cukić had the opportunity to see numerous luxurious buildings that surpassed this one in expensive materials, exterior architecture and interior design, but as soon as she, together with three men, entered the cool lobby and saw wooden panels covered with valuable and tasteful selected paintings, plaster work on the ceiling and marble floor covered with dark red carpets of deep flora, she felt the presence of a special, strong spirit that did not wander or show insecurity in anything - not even in the interior of the home. -decoa, and upstairs from the central hall there were winding steps illuminated by daylight through three high windows divided by thin armature into glass squares.
"This way," Morgan said, leading them down the hall to a door that opened into a room whose entire west wall was in glass. From there, you could go out to a small, flower-decorated terrace behind which you could see the lush, dark greenery of the park. Towards the entrance to the room was another leather-upholstered door, and on the left, by the wall covered with ivory English silk wallpaper with symmetrical patterns, stood a library full of leather-bound books and registers. Then the upholstered door opened, and Anka Cukić saw Nikola Tesla live in front of her for the first time, made of blood and flesh.
The god of science and progress — as he was glorified by all but his fierce rivals like Edison, Henry Ford, or Marconi — was a tall, somewhat thin man who was now sixty-three years old. Dressed impeccably and elegantly in a light gray suit of fine English cloth, with a white shirt with stiff cuffs and collars, and a silk tie with sphinx and pyramid-shaped patterns, he stood at the door of his office and spread his arms in front of them in a warm welcome.
"Professor Plank!" Tesla exclaimed in German. "Finally! Finally!"
Although Anka Cukić really hated men, that did not mean that they were not sexually attracted to her - and she had the opportunity to use this fact many times for the needs of the Office. And in addition to the raw, primordial attraction she instinctively felt towards strong and authoritative personalities like the Colonel, she found over time that she was attracted to men of exceptional intellect in a more subtle and therefore certainly more dangerous, uncontrollable way. The revelation once stunned her so much that she went to a lecture by psychologist Rainer Weinenberg, one of Jung's students when the scientific community ridiculed him for denying ingrained theories and expressing bold views on the sexual personality of men and women. His classification was especially controversial, in which the place of the so-called "sapiosexuals" was especially emphasized - women and men who need mental stimulation as an incentive for sex. Amid loud outcry from the audience in the hall where he gave the lecture, Weinenberg scored that cold evening last November by claiming that, although in his opinion sapiosexuality is a property of both sexes, ladies are still somewhat more subject to it, in accordance with the old saying: " A man falls in love looking at a woman, and a woman listening to a man. ”If his thesis was correct, then who could be more attractive in that sense than a genius like Nikola Tesla?
Somehow she managed to suppress those thoughts and feelings while Tesla gracefully kissed her hand.
"Dear Mr. Tesla," said Pribićević, and I myself, quite under the impression of the proximity of such a spiritual giant, "I bring you cordial greetings from Colonel Dimitrijević." Miss Cukić is our extraordinary collaborator - so to speak, ah ... a hidden trump card in the affairs that, unfortunately, we have to deal with - and she is the most deserving, I can freely say today, that this meeting of yours with Professor Plank took place. “
Tesla raised an eyebrow at that, but if he was interested in the exact way in which Anka contributed to Plank being there today, in front of him, he didn't ask. Instead, he shook hands firmly with the German Nobel laureate, and then with Pribićević, and moved out the door to allow them to enter his office. They stepped inside, and Ulysses Morgan followed them and closed the door.
While the host showed them to sit on a spacious sofa and armchairs around the table with prepared refreshments - iced tea, lemonade and water - Anka looked around Tesla's office. The room was dominated by a large desk made of solid walnut decorated with a master carving behind which was a high-backed armchair. The entire wall in front of the desk was covered with a library in the same woodcut as the rest of the furniture, with numerous books in leather binding marked with numbers, dates and the name of the patent they contained. There were also books by writers whose individual works Anka once read - Karl May, Herbert Wells, Walter Scott, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Marko Twain - as well as bound sets of newspapers and magazines arranged by years of publication.
On the wall, above the seating set, hung framed plaques, diplomas and recognitions that Tesla received from numerous world scientific institutions over the decades. A large glass door led to a marble terrace full of flowers and overlooked the green park and fountains. Next to the door stood a tall pendulum clock, and above it an impressionist painting in a sumptuous frame depicting sunflowers.
"I hear that your lectures are extremely well attended, very interesting and well received by the local public," Tesla addressed the esteemed guest again in his mother tongue. "By God, here you are in the press, on the front pages, Professor!"
Tesla smiled sarcastically under his mustache and took from his desk a folded copy of the Serbian Newspaper, on the first page of which was a large picture of Plank with the title written in large letters: ALL TESLA'S CHILDREN! The Nobel laureate blinked confusedly through his glasses in Cyrillic letters, but his host carelessly put the sheet back on the table, obviously not caring about the small ploy that the journalist Tankosic performed on his account with the readers. "I really thank you from the bottom of my heart for the warm words with which you began your presentation at Kolarac's endowment."
As Nikola Tesla sat in an empty armchair facing Planck, Ulysses Morgan discreetly walked away and took a seat in a small stylish chair near the exit to the terrace. Anka placed her purse on the sofa, between herself and Pribićević, while the German held his protective one in his lap. When Tesla addressed his fellow scientist, his voice was calm and cheerful. Gifted herself with easy adoption of melodies, rhythms and syntax of foreign languages, Anka Cukić could not suppress her quiet admiration because of Tesla's perfect pronunciation. Whether, as now, he spoke in German, or Ekavica, which sounded as if he had not been born in distant Lika, but in the middle of Belgrade, in French or English, Tesla did so with ease that made it easy for his interlocutor to think is that mother tongue.
"Ah, but no, Mr. Tesla, you should never thank me," Planck replied. "On the contrary, I believe that there are no words in today's human languages ​​that could adequately describe your greatness and significance and appropriately express the enormous importance of your achievements. I really admire your - now countless - scientific victories! ”
"Heh," Tesla smiled again. "It seems that the only invincible, invincible obstacle for me remained - the Nobel Committee, my dear Max. May I address you in this way? Great, please, I'm for you, from now on Nikola, or Nicolas, whichever is more convenient for you. "
He was silent for a moment, while Pribićević poured Anka without words, and then cold tea into a tall glass.
"But, you see, Max," Tesla continued, "it's been almost twenty years since I gave an interview to a journalist in which I told him I felt defeated. I said that because it seemed to me - and unfortunately I still have that impression today - that my ultimate dream, to illuminate the entire Earth, is still impossible. Still, I can't stop dreaming of the cities of our planet shining like the light of a new star in the sky. "
Plank nodded. "Yes, I remember, I read that text. It was one of the first major interviews published by the Berliner Morgenpost. The journalist decorated a lot of things there - rightly so, Mr. Tesla ... Nicolas ... rightly so - saying that it was you who introduced humanity into the new century, with your rotating magnetic field and induction motor. He called you ... wait a minute, let me remember ... a hunter, who caught light from the depths of the earth! "
Tesla smiled good-naturedly at that. "Your memory is truly extraordinary, Max. That's right, this young journalist was full of enthusiasm and listed some of my more important discoveries. But despite them, I felt defeated because in the American Union I could not reconcile my ideals and the reality in which I lived. It was only when I made that fateful decision and came here, to Serbia, that feeling of defeat that it largely passed. I have been given time and opportunity to reconcile my ideals and reality and slowly, without haste, look for ways to translate one into the other. "
Plank surveyed Tesla's spacious office and garden behind a large double-glazed glass door that led to the terrace and staircase. There, the night frogs and roses burst into abundance of colors, and Tesla caught Plank's eye.
"You see, my dear professor, as much as I wanted to bring great and good to the human race, it seems that it is not ready for that yet. Our spirit is another great source of energy, psychic, and one department of my company is trying to find a way to use that psychic energy for practical purposes. Goethe or Dragon! ”
"But, Mr. Tesla!" Well, it's not physics, but metaphysics! "
Tesla smiled at that again, and answered cheerfully, shrugging his shoulders: "Whatever it is, dear Max, it's me."
"And how did you fare on your voyage, Nicolas?" Plank asked. "If I understood correctly, you have a custom from time to time
o Apply math in chance games? Were you successful in that - or maybe defeated? ”
Tesla looked at Plank askance, then shrugged. "You know how it is, Max, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose ... but you learn something new every time."
He got up again and went to the glass door, opened it and looked outside.
"Still, we need to be practical, dear Max." We don't have much time: I want to show you my experimental laboratories and the industrial complex for the production of inventions, which I have patented and intended for general use. It will take at least two hours to see only the most important things. And then another hour or so until we get to the place where we have lunch scheduled ... I guess it's best to move on as soon as possible to what you actually wanted to show me ... which is the real reason for your arrival in Belgrade. "
Plank blinked again, then looked, first at Morgan, and then at Pribićević and Anka Cukić. Tesla caught his eye and realized why the novelist was holding back.
"Please be assured that you are here - so to speak - among your own. For me, Ulysses Morgan is a person of the greatest possible trust, and Miss ... Cukić, as well as Mr. Pribićević, come with recommendations and on the order of Colonel Dimitrijević, who leads one of the most important services in this country. You can be sure that neither of them can be said to be - Radio Mileva. "
"Radio Mileva?" Max Planck repeated Tesla's last words.
"Oh," Tesla said easily and waved his hand away. "You see, my dear Max, how the development of science and technology affects the living, spoken language of the people. You know that about ten years ago I successfully defended my patent for the construction of a radio transceiver from the dishonorable attempts of that outrageously rude Guillermo Marconi - otherwise I don't have the habit of using harsh words at the expense of other scientists, my company started producing the first radio models for wide, home use. This was facilitated by the decision of the Serbian government to establish a reporting agency, and that it has the first radio station that would periodically broadcast news of importance to the population, as well as entertainment programs, sketches, dramas and music ... Of course, as and when it comes to other novelties, people are careful and refrain from trying them, so in the first year a very small number of devices were sold, and one of them ended up in the house of a district chief in the interior of Serbia. His wife's name was Mileva, and she gathered friends from the neighborhood whenever there was anything interesting to hear from Belgrade, and women, as women, were happy to gossip and embellish the information they heard on the radio. The housewife took the lead in that, and soon those affected by her gossip called her "Radio Mileva."
Tesla stroked his mustache and smiled a little shyly, as if he was a little embarrassed by so much digression. Planck, however, laughed heartily.
"I have no doubt, dear Nicolas, that there is already some kind of Radio Gertrude in Germany, or maybe Helga. What to do: that is part of the price of progress. "
Anka tried to keep a serious expression on her face, but she couldn't resist thinking that Tesla seemed to be hanging out with Nusic too much.
"All right, then," said the scientist, and went back to his chair and sat down again. "I'm listening to you with full attention, dear Max."
"You are certainly familiar with the work of my countryman, the mathematician Herman Weil," Planck began. “Thanks to the analysis of the energy of electromagnetic fields, he put forward the setting of a theory he called the‘ Theory of Wormholes. ’ the 'handle' of a multi-connected universe, and that physicists can be forgiven for using that slightly more vivid term - wormholes. "
"You are talking, dear Max," said Tesla, "about what has been published as the 'Einstein-Rosen Bridge,' about a hypothetical topological property that should, in essence, be a kind of 'shortcut' through space-time."
"Exactly," Planck confirmed. So, if we imagine space-time as a two-dimensional surface, which then folds along the third dimension, we can imagine a wormhole as a 'bridge' - but, of course, we are talking about a structure that essentially cannot be presented visually because it exists in four or more dimensions. The parts of the wormhole could be compared to the parts of a curved two-dimensional surface in higher dimensions, as if the actual entrance to the wormhole, instead of a circular opening in the two-dimensional plane, were a sphere in three-dimensional space. Theoretically, a wormhole is like a tunnel whose ends are in two separate places in space-time. "
"But," Tesla interjected, "there are no observations that would prove the existence of wormholes." At least not yet. "
Plank raises his finger in the air, as if to ask his host to wait with the conclusions.
"You know, dear Max," said Tesla, with a hint of slight impatience in his voice, "that I disagree in many ways with Einstein's theory of relativity. It's been a long time since I've been able to intercept cosmic rays from the sun that are far faster than light rays. And I am convinced that these cosmic rays can be used to create electricity. I even see radioactivity as proof that the material body absorbs as much energy as it emits. "
Plank coughed a little. Anka knew that the German Nobel Prize winner was an ardent supporter of Einstein's theory, and she watched with interest the change in dynamics in the conversation between two genius people who still disagree on everything.
"All right, Nicolas, let's put Einstein aside for a while. You will certainly not dispute the validity of the solution to the question of the existence of wormholes brought by the Schwarzschild metric? "
"If I'm not mistaken, Schwarzschild's wormhole calculations show that such a wormhole would collapse too quickly for anything to pass from one end of it to the other."
"You're absolutely right," Plank nodded. "So-called transient wormholes, which could be passed in both directions from one end to the other, would require the use of exotic matter with a negative energy density to stabilize them."
"You call it, Max, the theory of quantum fields and the existence of physical forces that arise in them."
"That's right, my dear Nicolas. I consider quantum fields and their forces as proof that negative density energies are possible in nature. And although our colleagues have not yet discovered in nature the processes that could spontaneously create a wormhole in the context of ... um, general relativity, the hypothesis of 'quantum foam' can be made, ie the spontaneous appearance and disappearance of tiny wormholes on an energy scale of about 1, 22 times 10 to the nineteenth giga-electron volts. "
"As I understand the wormhole within one and the same universe," Tesla said somewhat thoughtfully, "in the middle is a compact space-time region whose boundary is topologically trivial, but its interior is not simply connected. In other words, if space-time contains a compact omega region, and if the topology of that region is expressed by the formula Ω ~ R x Σ, where Σ is a triple nontrivial topology, whose boundary is expressed by the formula ∂Σ ~ S2, and as, further, all hypersurface prostor space-like, then region Ω contains a quasipermanent wormhole within one and the same universe. ”
None of what Tesla had just said was clear to Anka, and obviously not to Pribićević either, and she wondered what use her report would be for Apis, which she herself would not be able to understand, but Plank nodded all the time.
"Well done, Nicolas! But it is much harder to explain the wormholes between different universes. For example, we can try to imagine a ‘baby universe’ connected to its ‘parent’ by some kind of narrow umbilical cord. Of course, we would like to look at this umbilical cord as the wormhole's throat - but it is correct to define wormholes geometrically, not topologically, as those regions of space-time that limit the spread of deformations of closed surfaces, so let's say as a "world pipe" So, those would be those regions of space-time that cannot be constantly deformed, shrunk, into a ‘world line.’ ”
Tesla laughed at that. "My dear Max, now you want to plant a special theory of relativity for me, like a coward's egg!" Thanks to your beloved Einstein, that world tube, if I remember correctly, is defined as the path of an object that occupies the non-zero part of space at any moment in time, as it passes through four-dimensional space-time. It comes to him as an analogy for the world line, by describing the temporal evolution of objects in space, with the difference being that the world line represents the path of a non-zero volume particle, while the world tube occupies a finally defined space at any given time.
Plank raised his hand conciliatory. "It simply came to our notice then. But by no means do I want to convey anything to you, my dear colleague. I just wanted to make sure that you agree - at least in principle - that moving through the Schwarzschild wormhole between two universes is only possible in one direction. If that is true, then it is logical that such an unstable wormhole that collapses quickly could be figuratively grabbed by the throat with the help of exotic matter, so that it remains open. "
Tesla now leaned over the table with interest and stared at Plank's face.
"Do you want to say that, Max, that you managed to do that?" To grab Schwarzschild's wormhole by the throat? ”
Max Planck coughed at that, as if hesitating a little. Anka secretly looked at Pribićević, but he absently brought the glass to his lips and wandered around, as if he had concluded that he should not even try to follow the incomprehensible conversation between the two scientists.
"So-called transient wormholes would allow a very fast journey in both directions from one part of the universe to another part of that same universe, or a journey from one universe to another. However, you certainly know that in pure Gauss-Bonet gravity, a modification of that general relativity that you criticize so much, where extraspatial dimensions are introduced, exotic matter is not needed for wormholes to exist. They can exist even without any matter, as a natural phenomenon created in the early periods of the universe. "
"In the third place, for the sake of discussion," said Tesla, "wormholes would connect two points in space-time, which means that in principle they would allow time travel, just like through space. But time travel - although so contested in science, except in theoretical and quantum physics - is an undeniable real possibility for me, because I have had the opportunity to see for myself the fact that Herbert George Wells is a great friend of mine and also a great inventor, managed to construct a functional time machine. Moreover, here, in the laboratory, I keep the very damaged remains of his unfortunate machine as an exhibit. Whenever I see them, I remember that excessive self-confidence in a human being - even if it was a great scientific mind - is not recommended, especially if it is premature. "
Planck was obviously surprised by Tesla's words.
“Extraordinary, Nicolas! I will be happy to look at that ... exhibit, and I hope you will tell me in detail about how you came to it! But let's go back to the wormholes ... "
He frowned a little, as if trying to find the shortest path in his mind to the point he wanted to make.
"Well then," he continued at last, "if we continue to think about how to transform a wormhole that connects two points in space into one that connects two points in time, we will find that it is not possible to use it to travel back in time to a wormhole transformed into a time machine, for example, by accelerating one of its openings. "
"Only if you stick to Einstein's theory," Tesla warned him. "But Wales has traveled into the past. Ergo, there is definitely something wrong with your beloved general relativity. "
"If you say so, I believe you," Planck replied, "but I'm sure there's a theoretical explanation that can fit, or at least supplement, general relativity."
"The properties of time are still under-researched, Max," Tesla said. "I would really like to deal with them in more detail, but many difficult projects, with the prospect of practical exploitation for the benefit of humanity, do not leave me enough ... here, time, for that. One of the dilemmas that require clarification in all this is the journey faster than light. If my cosmic rays, as I have irrefutably proved, travel faster than Einstein's light, couldn't a traveler through a wormhole? "
"I think the impossibility of traveling faster than light is only valid ... how can I best say that ... locally?" Planck scratched his mustache thoughtfully. "Wormholes could allow superluminal travel - faster than light - although the speed of passage through the wormhole itself would be subluminal. If two points are connected by a wormhole, the time to pass through it would be shorter than the time it takes for a light beam to travel the distance between the same two points if it travels through space outside the wormhole. But, on the other hand, if a ray of light also passed through the wormhole, it would always overtake the passenger. The analogy would be, say, like going through a tunnel through a mountain much faster than running through it. And the existence of these ‘tunnels’ would indeed allow time travel, so that one end of the wormhole would be greatly accelerated compared to the other - sorry to invoke the theory of relativity again, but I just have to - and then, after a while, come back. The relativistic temporal dilatation would result in the accelerated wormhole opening aging less than the stationary one, in the eyes of an outside observer, as in the paradox of the twins formulated by Von Laue and Born. However, time flows differently inside the wormhole than outside it. If two clocks were synchronized at both ends of the wormhole, for the one who travels through it, those clocks would still remain synchronized regardless of how its openings move. And that means that everything that enters the accelerated opening of the wormhole will come out through its stationary opening in the moment that precedes the entry. "
"So," Tesla added, "if, for example, two clocks at both ends of the wormhole show the date 1900, after the return of the accelerated opening to the same region as the stationary one, on the clock at the accelerated stop, for example, 1904, and at the one at the stationary opening - 1912, in the same region of space-time, but now eight years in the past. Then such a wormhole configuration would allow ‘holy-line’ particles to create a closed loop in space-time! But I have to tell you, Max, I don't think Wales managed to accomplish his endeavor in this way. And you know that Einstein's general theory is insufficient to allow quantum effects. "
Plank waved his hand at that and smiled. "I was convinced that you would invoke that argument. But there is also the possibility of incorporating quantum effects into general relativity. However, such ... semi-classical prthe appearance and analyzes indicate that the return loop of the virtual particles would circulate through the wormhole more and more strongly, only to eventually destroy it before any information could pass through it. This maintains the assumption of preserving the chronology and refutes the possibility of time travel, except on a submicroscopic scale. However, this claim can easily be questioned because the radiation when traveling through the wormhole would spread and thus prevent endless accumulation. The debate on this issue is currently quite tumultuous and fiery in the quantum community ... I have made a modest contribution to it by analyzing the so-called 'Roman ring', a multi-worm configuration, and allows a closed time loop with stable wormholes using semi-classical gravity. . But only when we have a complete theory of quantum gravity will we be sure whether the semi-classical approach is reliable in this case. "
"Nevertheless, you, my dear Max, have pointed out a possible solution to the paradox that arises from the time travel enabled by wormholes, by introducing the interpretation of many worlds into quantum mechanics. It seems to me that you have so conclusively proved that quantum theory is completely consistent - in the sense that the so-called density matrix can be freed from discontinuity - in space-times with closed time loops. "
"That's right," Planck nodded, "but I later realized that such a closed time loop model could contain internal inconsistencies that would lead to strange phenomena like non-orthogonal quantum states." Accordingly, the destructive positive feedback loop of virtual particles circulating through the ‘time machine’ of the wormhole is avoided, ie the result indicated by semi-classical calculations; however, a particle returning from the future does not return to the universe from which it originated, but to a parallel universe! And that would mean that a wormhole-time machine with an extremely short time jump theoretically represents a bridge between parallel universes whose time flows are relatively paired. "
"But you're introducing nonlinearity into quantum theory, my dear Max," Tesla said, leaning back in his chair.
The German shrugged helplessly. "Anyway, Nicolas ... The theory serves us to explain real phenomena."
There was a brief silence in Tesla's office. All that could be heard was the ticking of a large clock, and then, with a sigh, Max Planck opened the bag he was holding in his lap and very carefully took out a wooden box with a lid, hinges and a lock. Then put it on the table between Tesla and yourself. Anka Cukić noticed that his hands were shaking a little.
"A few months ago," Plank began in an uncertain voice, "in my handy lab in Greenwald, I was preparing an experiment that was about magnetic fields and electromagnetic radiation. Of course, unlike fields associated with particles that have an electric charge, these fields always oscillate and propagate at the speed of light. Therefore, there should be significant differences in the explanation of the electric field associated with photons in relation to that associated with electrons. I wanted to quantify the space-time distortion needed to arrive at an electric charge. After the calculations, I concluded that the electromagnetic radiation must be just a wave in a sea of ​​vacuum fluctuations of space-time and I was ready for a practical experiment. "
"Wave in the sea of ​​vacuum fluctuations of space-time!", Exclaimed Tesla. "Well, Max, you are a poet among scientists! May I say - Goethe of quantum physics! "
The professor blushed at that and looked shyly at Tesla, trying to find out if he might have suddenly fallen victim to some completely obscene mockery; but his host's face was serious, and his gaze filled with sincere admiration. Plank cleared his throat again, then continued:
"By that, I wanted to say that photons are not 'packets' of energy that travel through space-time, but they are packets within space-time media. Photons and gravitational waves disturb the sea of ​​superfluid bipolar waves in the sea of ​​space-time in different ways. Since space-time is an elastic medium with impedance and the ability to store and return energy to a wave that propagates through that medium, I wanted to check whether light waves propagate through space-time medium. Also, my intention was to determine whether there are scientific weights in the assumption that the electric field is a distortion of one spatial dimension of space-time, which results in a somewhat asymmetric speed of light in opposite directions of propagation ... of parallel plate capacitors with phase electric potential. I connected klystrons with these capacitors - your invention, Nicolas, and vacuum tubes with linear air that generate an oscillating electric field ... "
"I'm sorry, Max, to interrupt you - I just want to be sure: you used low-power klystrons, yes?"
"Sure," Plank said, still clutching the wooden box in his hands. "It simply came to my notice theno to construct a particle accelerator operating at 2,856 gigahertz with a wavelength of 5.2 centimeters. "
"Sure," Tesla nodded. "You wanted to prove that the propagation of the electric field generated in such an accelerator changes polarity every 5.2 centimeters."
"That's right! But the success of that test would not only confirm the model of electromagnetic radiation propagation through space-time medium, but would also allow a conclusion to be drawn about what conditions are necessary to create a black hole - in which case, the black hole could be explained. only on the basis of equalizing the energy density of space-time without resorting to the concept of 'curved' space-time. "
"So, Max, you've prepared everything for the experiment," Tesla said. "And then?"
"Well, then ..." Plank looked up from the box at Tesla's eyes in confusion. "I left everything like that in the laboratory, which is located in an auxiliary building in my yard, and then I went to a reception with my wife. While we were there, a severe storm hit Berlin, with fierce atmospheric discharges. When we got home, I realized that something didn't seem to be properly fitted to the lightning rod of the building where my lab was, and that lightning struck it. The children, who were in the house, told me that lightning struck from the sky right up to the roof, a terrible bang was heard, all the windows shook, and a blinding light flashed from inside the laboratory. The governess forbade them to leave the house until my wife and I returned. And I went with deep apprehension to check what kind of destruction the lightning left behind. "
Plank closed his eyes for a moment and fell silent, as if he wanted to remember those moments as well as possible. Then he separated one hand from the box and reached for a glass of water that Pribićević had filled. When he took a sip and returned the glass to the table, he continued, in a more confident voice.
"As it turned out, there was no major damage. There was a strong smell of burnt insulation in the room, and the wires were black and charred from the strong electric shock. But that's why ... ”He licked his lip under his mustache with hesitation. "But that's why I found ... this under the capacitor plates, on the table."
Max Planck opened the lid of the wooden box and took the first item out. "

About the book - From the author of the novel The Man Who Killed Tesla

Only Nikola Tesla is able to explain the accidental discovery of Max Planck - a discovery that could change the fate of the entire universe.

Two years before the events described in the novel The Man Who Killed Tesla, a German Nobel laureate comes to Belgrade to try to penetrate this great scientific secret with Tesla. But many are not interested in meeting two famous scientists. Vatican assassins, secret societies in the service of great powers, masters of the underworld from the Far East ... they all want to organize the assassination of Planck before Tesla has a chance to talk to him.

Colonel Apis is faced with a seemingly impossible task: his secret police must save Planck's life at all costs. The reputation of the state is at stake, as is the future of all modern science. And the only person capable of removing the danger and making sure to meet Max Plank and Nikola Tesla is named - Cukic.
Anka Cukić.