A genius once said “We all make mistakes, and it is better to make them before we begin,” (Tesla Universe). Nikola Tesla, brilliant and honest, is the most unknown liberator of science. He came up with the idea of many useful inventions; direct current, wireless communication and the radio controlled robot. Although he is not credited for most of his inventions, his ideas that he brought to life have changed the way we live.
When Tesla stepped foot in New York he came with the idea of alternating current, drawing his dea in the sand . To get his start he went to work for Edison who was working with direct current at the time. Edison took advantage of Tesla which lead to the “Battle of the Currents”. Edison invented the direct current which was very popular in its day and is still used. Direct current created a very dim light and could only travel for two miles. With this short distance, many power stations had to be built (A&E Television Networks). When Tesla came to America, in 1884, he worked on machines for Edison in his power stations. Tesla did not stay with Edison and quit soon after Edison refused to pay him for his work. Tesla said “I predict that very shortly the old-fashioned incandescent lamp, having a filament heated to brightness by the passage of electric current through it, will entirely disappear,” (“Tesla Universe”). By predicting this, he made alternating current better and more efficient than Edison’s direct current. It could travel for hundreds of miles, and created a bright light which was the total opposite of direct current. Alternating current was purchased from Tesla by Westinghouse for over 1 million dollars (William Harris). When Westinghouse took over, the popularity of alternating current skyrockete...
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Nikola Tesla is a man that many individuals associate with brilliance. Moreover, Tesla is a name that ignites impulses within an individual’s brain which illuminate, via bio-circuitry, the thought association of Tesla and brilliance, similar to the force we term as electricity. Brilliance however, shouldn’t be the only descriptive word to come to mind when thinking of one of the greatest engineers and inventors to live. Innovation and determination should be undoubtedly included in the list of descriptive words of Mr. Nikola Tesla. For without the innovative mind of Tesla, midcentury inventions as well as current technological advances would be nonexistent, or worse, credited to Thomas Edison.
Nikola Tesla (Physicist, Inventor, Futurist) – Nikola Tesla was a Serbian American electrical engineer, inventor, physicist, futurist and mechanical engineer who was recognized for his assistance in the proposal of alternating current (AC) for the system of electricity. He was born on July 10, 1856 in Smiljan, Austrian Empire which is presently known as Croatia. His father was named Milutin Tesla and was an Orthodox Priest. While his mother, Duka Tesla, was good in making home mechanical appliances, craft tools and has the skill to memorize Serbian poems.
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As James Levine is famous for saying, “I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.” To me, one of the greatest mentors of innovative scientific history was Nikola Tesla. That being said, if given the opportunity to spend the next year of my life in a different time period I would like to live during the year 1942 so I could work beside Tesla. This was the year before Tesla died, a time when he had experienced the full scope of his expertise and could impart that wisdom to me. My questions about his popularity would be answered in full. Questions about Tesla’s integrity could lead to the answer to the legendary disputes about what was rightfully his. Legends about genius inventions that could only be imagined
...ts that are required by them). Thereby, it was Tesla’s interactions with the issue of human inability that led to the production of the petroleum of the world, and proved to be an emissary for affirmative alteration - almost unmatchable.
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Nikola Tesla was a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer and physicist. He was also considered an eccentric genius and recluse. Tesla is best known for his feud with Thomas Edison over AC power Versus DC Power. He was also well known for inventing the Tesla Coil which is still used in radio technology today. Nikola Tesla was mostly forgotten until the 1990’s when there was a resurgence of interest in popular culture.
Meanwhile, Michael Faraday’s discoveries in the field of electromagnetic induction inspired scientists to pursue the development of AC-powered applications. Nikola Tesla’s design of the AC induction motor was instrumental in kicking off the movement to adopt AC power to most electrical applications. This design was licensed by George Westinghouse, an enthusiastic entrepreneur who believed in the future of AC electricity, and he set out to prove that AC electricity was superior to DC for power distribution. At the time, he had a more powerful competitor in the power distribution market by the name of Thomas Alva Edison.
("Nikola Tesla." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2013.) While Tesla was working at Edison's company he was take advantage of him, Edison would take his ideas and would not give credit to Tesla. One day Edison offered Tesla fifty thousand dollars if he could be able to redesign Edison's DC dynamos but when Tesla had completed his task he was not given his fifty thousand dollars and told “Tesla you don't understand our American Humor,” after that Tesla had quit the company for a better future ("Nikola Tesla." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d.)
Mechanical and electrical engineer, Nikola Tesla was an influential leader in the electrical sciences. Not only did he become top competitors with his former employer, Thomas Edison, he created the worldwide standard: Alternating current. This futurist had a rough life, starting out poor, becoming rich, then losing it all again. This genius was a visionary and created many theories that are proven today. But this visionary was laughed at and excluded from the scientific community. His detailed life story has become a lesson for all human beings today.
This documentary movie is a good source because it illustrates a lot of Nikola Tesla’s inventions and life moments, which is helpful for understanding the inventor’s life and thoughts. Also, the movie talks a lot about his life and how he changed the view and life of Americans and the whole world. Preview of the book Complete patents of Nikola Tesla, Tesla, Nikola The maine pages of the book shows Nikola Tesla’s notes and his patents.
Nikola Tesla was a big importance for science. He helped with electricity and multiple thing in that category. People invent things and improve things all throughout your lifetime. This has happened a lot recently with technology. Also, other things are being improved as well. Many scientists have impacted not just the world, but the future with it. Nikola Tesla is one of these scientists along with many others.
Inventions as the AC motors and wireless transmitters transformed the field of electrical engineering and welcomed a more developed and industrialized world. It was his passion, his outsider curiosity, and mystical qualities that made of Nikola one of the most outstanding inventors in history. His brilliant achievements outdid other scientists’ works of his time as Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi. Nikola Tesla is known as “the father of electricity” because his inventions led to what is called today as the electrical revolution which occurred in the 20th century. “He ignites flights of imagination to new technology and new worlds” said Bernard Carlson (2013), one of Tesla’s fans. Over the years, the light ignited by Tesla has remained incandescent, and it will never be
In today 's society we see a lot of rivalries; for example, Coke vs Pepsi, PC vs Mac, and most recently Android vs. Apple. Around the turn of the 19th century, there was a similar rivalry that had everyone in shock; this rivalry was known as the AC DC Current War. This war was between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla were the two most influential minds during the 1800s. Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park, worked hard his whole life to reach great achievement of professional recognition in science. Tesla, the Master of Lightning, had an intellectual mind and contributed to an electronic development that changed American history. Most people have heard of Thomas Edison; in contrast, Tesla is a little more obscure.
Nikola Tesla is regarded as one of the most brilliant inventors in history. His work provided the basis for the modern alternating current power system, as well as having developed both radio and the fluorescent light bulb. He worked with Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse, among others. He was also widely misunderstood by his peers and the public at large.