Synopsis:
Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 - 7 January 1943) was an inventor and a
mechanical and electrical engineer. He is frequently cited as one of the
most important contributors to the birth of commercial electricity and
is best known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of
electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tesla's
patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating
current (AC) electric power systems, including the polyphase system of
electrical distribution and the AC motor, with which he helped usher in
the Second Industrial Revolution.
Born an ethnic Serb in the
village of Smiljan, Croatian Military Frontier, in the territory of
today's Croatia, he was a subject of the Austrian Empire by birth and
later became an American citizen. After his demonstration of wireless
communication through radio in 1894 and after being the victor in the
"War of Currents", he was widely respected as one of the greatest
electrical engineers who worked in America. Much of his early work
pioneered modern electrical engineering and many of his discoveries were
of groundbreaking importance. During this period, in the United States,
Tesla's fame rivaled that of any other inventor or scientist in history
or popular culture, but due to his eccentric personality and his
seemingly unbelievable and sometimes bizarre claims about possible
scientific and technological developments, Tesla was ultimately
ostracized and regarded as a mad scientist. Tesla never put much
focus on his finances. It is said he died impoverished, at the age of
86.
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