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Nikola Tesla
The genius who electrified the world

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Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856 in Smiljan in the Austo-Hungarian Empire (modern-day Croatia). His father, Milutin Tesla, was a Serbian Orthodox Priest and his mother, Djuka Mandic, was an inventor of household appliances. In college, Tesla was initially interested in studying physics and mathematics, but soon became fascinated by electricity.

He developed the concept of an induction motor while walking in a park with a friend. Later, while he was in Strasbourg, France in 1883, he built a prototype of the induction motor (an AC motor powered by electromagnetic induction) and tested it successfully. Since he couldn't get anyone in Europe interested in it, Tesla came to the United States to work for Thomas Edison in New York.

Edison and Tesla were working tirelessly alongside each other, making improvements to Edison's inventions. However, after several months, the two parted ways due to a conflicting business-scientific relationship. In 1885 Tesla received funding for the Tesla Electric Light Company and was tasked by his investors to develop improved arc lighting. After successfully doing so, however, Tesla was forced out of the venture and for a time had to work as a manual laborer in order to survive. His luck changed in 1887, when he was able to find interest in his AC electrical system and funding for his new Tesla Electric Company.

In 1895, Tesla designed what was among the first AC hydroelectric power plants in the United States, at Niagara Falls. The following year, it was used to power the city of Buffalo, New York, a feat that was highly publicized throughout the world. With its repeat successes and favorable press, the alternating-current system would quickly become the preeminent power system of the 20th century, and it has remained the worldwide standard ever since.

In addition to his AC system and coil, throughout his career, Tesla discovered, designed and developed ideas for a number of other important inventions—most of which were officially patented by other inventors—including dynamos (electrical generators similar to batteries) and the induction motor. He was also a pioneer in the discovery of radar technology, X-ray technology, remote control and the rotating magnetic field—the basis of most AC machinery. Tesla obtained around 300 patents worldwide for his inventions.

Nikola Tesla died on January 7, 1943, at the age of 86, in New York City, where he had lived for nearly 60 years. But the legacy of the work he left behind him lives on to this day.

Fun facts

Tesla had a photographic memory.
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He was a polyglot, speaking eight languages: Serbo-Croatian, Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, and Latin.

Tesla sitting next to his "magnifying transmitter" generating millions of volts, artwork.

He died as a poor man and a humanitarian and never cared about money in materialist sense, except to fund his experiments.

He suffered from insomnia and Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD).

Tesla was obsessed with numbers 3, 6 and 9 which were according to him key to the Universe.
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He had a special relationship with pidgeons.

April of 1894, Mark Twain demonstrates the use of the human body as a conductor of electricity. He was a great friend of Tesla's.

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Nikola Tesla
The genius who electrified the world

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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.

All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed — only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle.

But instinct is something which transcends knowledge. We have, undoubtedly, certain finer fibers that enable us to perceive truths when logical deduction, or any other willful effort of the brain, is futile.

My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.

Biography

Fun facts

If you are interested in learning more about this brilliant inventor, you can find additional material in Tesla's musem or Tesla fun facts or Biography.com

Nikola Tesla The genius who electrified the world

Quotes

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.

All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed — only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle.

But instinct is something which transcends knowledge. We have, undoubtedly, certain finer fibers that enable us to perceive truths when logical deduction, or any other willful effort of the brain, is futile.

My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.

Biography

Fun facts

If you are interested in learning more about this brilliant inventor, you can find additional material in Tesla's musem or Tesla fun facts or Biography.com

Nikola Tesla
The genius who electrified the world

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