Nikola Tesla

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Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla, posed reading Rudjer Boscovich's book "Theoria Philosophiae Naturalis".

Born July 10, 1856(1856-07-10)
Smiljan, Austrian Empire (Croatian Military Frontier)
Died January 7, 1943 (86)
New York City, New York, USA
Occupation(s) Engineer, Researcher, Inventor
Nationality Austrian Empire (pre-1891)
American (1891 - )
Institutions Edison Machine Works
Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
Field(s) Mechanical and electrical engineering
Known for Tesla coil
Tesla turbine
Teleforce
Tesla's oscillator
Tesla electric car
Tesla principle
Tesla's Egg of Columbus
Alternating current
Induction motor
Rotating magnetic field
Wireless technology
Particle beam weapon
Death ray
Terrestrial stationary waves
Bifilar coil
Telegeodynamics
Electrogravitics
Notable award(s) Elliott Cresson Medal (1893)
Edison Medal (1916)
John Scott Medal (1934)
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Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856 - January 7, 1943) was a visionary, inventor, and mechanical - electrical engineer, best known for his revolutionary contributions to the field of electromagnetism; specifically, his discovery of the principles of alternating currents (AC) underpin all our modern AC electric power systems, and he has been recognised as the inventor of radio.