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GOOGLELARRY’S INSPIRATIONAt the age of 12, Larry read a biographyof Nikola Tesla, a Serbian inventor consideredthe father of modern electrical engineering.Born in 1856, Tesla invented the alternatingcurrent (AC) electric power system and theradio. His ideas also laid the groundwork forremote control and radar. He immigrated tothe United States at the age of 28 and becameone of the greatest scientists and inventors ofthe late 1800s and early 1900s. Though hisdiscoveries rivaled those of Thomas Edison—his former employer—Tesla struggled withfinding practical applications for his inventions.And his eccentric behavior led many toview him as a mad scientist. Tesla died pennilessand alone in a New York City hotel.Larry was inspired by Tesla’s work andviewed his life story as a cautionary exampleof not being able to apply an invention practically.Larry noted:You don’t want to be Tesla. He wasone of the greatest inventors, but it’s asad, sad story. He couldn’t commercializeanything, he could barely fund his ownresearch. You’d want to be more like Edison.If you invent something, that doesn’tnecessarily help anybody. You’ve got toactually get it into the world; you’ve gotto produce, make money doing it so youcan fund it. 3& Blue, an earlydemonstration ofan energy-efficientautomobile. Thevehicle took firstplace in the nationalSunrayce 93 andeleventh place in the1993 World SolarChallenge. Alternatepower vehicles wouldinterest Larry for yearsto come.Larry graduatedwith honors from theUniversity of Michiganwith a bachelor’sdegree in engineeringand a concentration incomputer engineering.Although he had neverlived outside Michigan,Larry decided to attendgraduate school atStanford University inCalifornia. Larry was26
LARRY PAGEa bit nervous heading that far fromhome, noting, “At first it was prettyscary. I kept complaining to myfriends that I was going to get senthome on the bus. It didn’t quitehappen that way, however.” 4A FORTUITOUS MEETINGIn the spring of 1995, Larry headedto California to visit Stanford.His campus tour guide was SergeyBrin, a second-year student atthe university. The two began toargue about various issues andcontinued debating over the courseof two days. Each found the otheropinionated, cocky, and obnoxious,as well as a formidable intellectualopponent.Though Larry tended tobe quiet and shy and Sergey wasoutgoing, they found an instantconnection. As they argued, thetwo realized they shared manycommon interests, including an“I just sort of kept havingideas. We had a lot of magazineslying around our house.It was kind of messy. So youkind of read stuff all the time,and I would read Popular Scienceand things like that. I justgot interested in stuff, I guess,technology and how deviceswork. My brother taught mehow to take things apart, andI took apart everything inthe house. So I just becameinterested in it, for whateverreason, and so I had lots ofideas about what things couldbe built and how to build themand all these kinds of things. Ibuilt . . . an electric go-cart ata pretty early age.” 5—Larry Page27
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