Nikola Tesla and You
From The Vault
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Nikola Tesla and You is a book in Fallout 3. It can be seen in several locations during the game and sometimes in the loading screen of the game. Reading this book improves your Energy Weapons skill by 1 (2 with Comprehension).
Note if you're planning on collecting all 25 of them, you will have to disarm the bomb in Megaton. Until you do so, you are unable to get the house and therefore unable to pick up the skill book in Megaton.
[edit] Locations
| Closest map marker | Location description |
|---|---|
| Arlington Library | In the Talon Company Outpost south of the library, on top of a round table on the highest level. |
| Capitol Building | In Capitol Building West Entrance, on a table behind a Hard locked door. |
| Deathclaw Sanctuary | In the first area on a table next to the Endurance Bobblehead. |
| Evergreen Mills | In the bazaar area, on top of a bed in one of the cells that surround the topmost room. |
| Farragut West Metro Station | In a room with a terminal and safe. |
| Foggy Bottom Station | In the room with the Protectron on the computer console adjacent to the Protectron charging pad. |
| Fort Bannister | On the roof of a lower catwalk along with a ham radio and ammo box, directly beneath the player when entering the missile silo from the sewer access point. |
| Jocko's Pop & Gas Stop | Inside. |
| Jury Street Metro Station | Southwest of the entrance, south of the unmarked Calverton church in a broken house. |
| Jury Street Metro Station | Complete the Rube's Gold Ribbon unmarked quest, inside the Gold Ribbon Grocers. |
| Mason Dixon Salvage | On the table inside the Abandoned Shack with the broken refrigerator |
| Mason Dixon Salvage | To the northeast is an Abandoned Tent with the book inside, on a shelf between two Ammunition Boxes. |
| MDPL-21 Power Station | On a workbench. |
| Megaton | A copy can be found if you buy the Science theme from Moira Brown. It is in the bookcase next to the stairs. |
| Museum of History | Near the entrance. In a ladies bathroom stall. |
| Museum of Technology | Atrium: In control room overlooking the entrance, next to the maintenance terminal. |
| National Guard Depot | In a single room with a door labeled "Authorized Personnel Only" on the lowest floor. |
| Red Racer Factory | On a shelf behind a locked door (Average) in the CEO Offices. |
| RobCo Facility | Offices and cafeteria, second floor, desk in NW corner of office. |
| Robot Repair Center | Next to a broken Protectron on the first floor. |
| SatCom Array NW-05a | Midway to the MDPL-05 Power Station to the west, at the Raider Wharf, on the roof of the boat. |
| Taft Tunnels | (while escorting Scientists during The Waters of Life quest): next to Nuka Cola Quantum on a green bench. |
| Vault 87 | In a box near a stone statue in the reaction chamber. |
| Vault 92 | Near the studio computer. |
| Vault 106 | Living Quarters, upper catwalk room with school desks and a switched off projector. Inside the bottom wooden box in a stack on the large desk. |
[edit] Behind the scenes
The book is an obvious reference to the famous (sometimes infamous) inventor, Nikola Tesla, who is considered by many to be the most prolific inventor in the field of electrical and magnetic engineering of the late 19th and early 20th century. Tesla's patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current (AC) electric power systems, including the poly phase power distribution systems and the AC motor. Contemporary biographers of Tesla have regarded him as "The man who invented the twentieth century" and "the patron saint of modern electricity".
The lack of recognition received by Tesla during his own lifetime has made him a tragic and inspirational character well suited to dramatic fiction. The impact of the technologies invented by Nikola Tesla are a recurring theme in several types of science-fiction.
Looking at the front cover of Nikola Tesla and You, the person to the left is probably a caricature of Nikola Tesla himself. This is further supported by the fact that the person is holding a glowing orb. Tesla himself claimed to have invented 'wireless energy' able to hold a light bulb in his hand and it would light up, he would then walk around his lab with a lit light bulb in his hands to show that there were no wires..
