Nikola Tesla-Inventor
· Nikola
Tesla was a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical
engineer, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the
modern alternating current electricity supply system.
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Born: July 10, 1856, Smiljan, Croatia
· Died:
January 7, 1943, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
· Awards:
Elliott Cresson Medal, IEEE Edison Medal, John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium
· Education: Graz University of Technology (1875–1878), Gymnasium Karlovac (1870–1873)
Engineering
discipline
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Electrical engineering
Mechanical engineering |
Significant projects
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Alternating current,
high-voltage, high-frequency power experiments |
Significant design
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Views on
experimental and theoretical physics
Tesla
exhibited a pre-atomic understanding of physics in his writings;] he disagreed with the theory of atoms being
composed of smaller subatomic particles, stating there was no such thing as an electron
creating an electric charge (he believed that if electrons existed at all they
were some fourth state of matter or sub-atom that could only exist in an
experimental vacuum and that they had nothing to do with electricity). Tesla
believed that atoms are immutable—they could not change state or be split in
any way. He was a believer in the 19th century concept of an all pervasive
"ether" that transmitted
electrical energy.
Tesla was
generally antagonistic towards theories about the conversion of matter into
energy. He was also critical of Einstein's theory of relativity, saying:
I hold
that space cannot be curved, for the simple reason that it can have no
properties. It might as well be said that God has properties. He has not, but
only attributes and these are of our own making. Of properties we can only
speak when dealing with matter filling the space. To say that in the presence
of large bodies space becomes curved is equivalent to stating that something
can act upon nothing. I, for one, refuse to subscribe to such a view.
Tesla's legacy has endured in books, films, radio, TV, music, live theater, comics and video games. The lack of recognition received during his own lifetime has cast him as a tragic and inspirational character, well suited to dramatic fiction. The impact of the technologies invented by Tesla is a recurring theme in several types of science fiction.
- On Tesla's 75th birthday in 1931, Time magazine put him on its cover.[The cover caption "All the world's his power house" noted his contribution to electrical power generation. He received congratulatory letters from more than 70 pioneers in science and engineering, including Albert Einstein.
- The Tesla Society, founded in 1956.
- Tesla, a 26 kilometer-wide crater on the far side of the moon.
- 2244 Tesla, a minor planet.
- TPP Nikola Tesla, the largest power plant in Serbia.
- Tesla (company), electrotechnical conglomerate in the former Czechoslovakia.
- Tesla Motors, an electric car company.]
- The Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport.
- The Nikola Tesla Award
- The Nikola Tesla Museum Archive in Belgrade
- 10 July, National day of Nikola Tesla in Croatia
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