Nikola Tesla

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Nikola Tesla circa 1896

Tesla's birthplace

Nikola Tesla birth certificate(Serbo-Slavic Cyrillic)

Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856– 7 January 1943; Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла) was a Serbian inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer. He was born in Smiljan, in the part of former Austria-Hungary that is now the Republic of Croatia. He later became an American citizen.

Tesla invented an early form of radio. His main discoveries were in the fields of magnetism and electricity. He is best known for his contributions that led to the development of alternating current, following the "Current War" against direct current. The advantage that popularized alternating current is that less of it is lost when the current is transmitted over long distances. The SI unit measuring magnetic flux density or magnetic induction (commonly known as the magnetic field $B\,$ ), the tesla, was named in his honor. He also invented several forms of oscillators. Tesla was rumored to be candidate for Nobel Prize together with his competitor Thomas Edison.^[1] It was speculated that both refused accepting the prize due to issues between each other.^[2] Neither Tesla nor Edison ever received a Nobel prize.

Tesla got his first job in Budapest, working at a telephone company. Even in his early life, he was inventing things. He invented a loudspeaker for telephones. Tesla also had mental problems starting from an early age. He suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Tesla died in room 3327 of the New Yorker Hotel on January 7, 1943.

Early life [change]

Tesla was born on 10 July 1856, in Smiljan, Austrian Empire.^[3] He was the fourth child out of five, with one older brother, Dane, two older sisters, Angelina and Milka, and one younger sister, Marcia.^[4]

Gallery [change]

Nikola Tesla, with Rudjer Boscovich's(Serbian scientist) book "Theoria Philosophiae Naturalis". East Houston St., New York
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Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade (in the museum are his personal belongings)
Milutin Tesla-priest of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the father of Nikola Tesla
Monument - N. Tesla, in front of the Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Sava, New York
Tesla generator, AC
Nikola Tesla Monument, Niagara Falls- Canada
Tesla Monument in front of the airport "Nikola Tesla", Belgrade
Nikola Tesla on Time Magazine 1931
Tesla Tower - Wardenclyffe Tower
Tesla on the banknote of 100 Serbian dinars
New Jersey, large group of scientists, including Albert Einstein, directly to Tesla's right (center).
Nikola Tesla's laboratory in Colorado Springs,circa 1900.
Tesla in his hand, holding a lit light bulb
Twain in the lab of Nikola Tesla, spring of 1894