Nikola Tesla

Also known as Nicola Tesla, Tesla

Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)

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Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) was an inventor, electrical engineer, physicist, and electrician. Born in Smiljan, he died in New York City. His native language was Serbo-Croatian, and he also spoke English, French, German, and Czech. Tesla worked for Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing and Westinghouse Electric Corporation. He was a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

He received the Edison Medal, IEEE Fellow status, the Elliott Cresson Medal, and the John Scott Award. Tesla is recognized in the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection. His notable works include *The Problem of Increasing Human Energy* and *My Inventions*. He was influenced by Ernst Mach and maintained a vegetarian lifestyle. His archive is titled *Nikola Tesla's Archive - Memory of the World*.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 10 Jul 1856
Died: 7 Jan 1943
Works: 77

Top works

The Problem of Increasing Human Energy
My Inventions
My Inventions
The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla

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Acting · Croatia

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 (AC) electricity supply system. Born and raised in the Austrian Empire, Tesla studied engineering and physics in the 1870s without receiving a degree, gaining practical experience in the early 1880s working in…

Known for

The UnXplained — archivefootage2019
Tesla — Self (archive footage)2016
Tesla: Master of Lightning — Himself2000

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1856
Active to: 1943

2008 universal fire victimblues rockglam metalhard rockheavy metal

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,515
Total plays: 9,820

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,623x
2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
· 2020 · cited 8,249x
2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
· 2024 · cited 2,680x
2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiomyopathies
· 2023 · cited 2,499x
Fractional Flow Reserve–Guided PCI versus Medical Therapy in Stable Coronary Disease
· 2012 · cited 2,379x

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Quotes

“Alternate currents, especially of high frequencies, pass with astonishing freedom through even slightly rarefied gases. The upper strata of the air are rarefied. To reach a number of miles out into space requires the overcoming of difficulties of a merely mechanical nature.”
“Russians are lucky - they have socialism and Stalin.”
“Ere long intelligence—transmitted without wires—will throb through the earth like a pulse through a living organism. The wonder is that, with the present state of knowledge and the experiences gained, no attempt is being made to disturb the electrostatic or magnetic condition of the earth, and transmit, if nothing else, intelligence.”
“There is something within me that might be illusion as it is often case with young delighted people, but if I would be fortunate to achieve some of my ideals, it would be on the behalf of the whole of humanity. If those hopes would become fulfilled, the most exciting thought would be that it is a deed of a Serb.”
“Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.”
“In a crystal we have the clear evidence of the existence of a formative life-principle, and though we cannot understand the life of a crystal, it is none the less a living being.”

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Nikola Tesla's Archive - Memory of the World

Nikola Tesla's Archive consists of a unique collection of manuscripts, photographs, scientific and patent documentation which is indispensable in studying the history of electrification of the whole Globe.  Nikola Tesla, (1856 - 1943) Serbian-born, American inventor and scientist, a pioneer in electrification, significantly influenced the technological development of our civilization by his polyphase system inventions. This system is the cornerstone of modern electro-energetic system of production, long distance transmission and usage of electrical currents, electricity and communication.  Since the beginning of its exploitation towards the end of last century up to now, the polyphase system, together with the asynchronous motor, has been perfected and improved to a remarkable and hitherto unconceivable dimensions.  He is credited as being a very imaginative scientist whose ideas were paths to many important discoveries without which our civilization would lack many of its technological comforts (radio, radar, television, motors of all kinds, high frequency fields, coils, computers). Some of his ideas are still to be realized.  Way ahead of his time, he was one of the first to become aware of the emerging energy problem (1900) as a conclusion of his famous experiments in Colorado Springs (1899-1900).  In his honour, the magnetic induction unit (tesla) of the SI system is named after him.  Simply speaking, the collection documents the most important era of the history of development of the modern world, which, thanks to the Tesla system, made easy energy production and distribution possible.

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Nikola Tesla's Archive consists of a unique collection of manuscripts, photographs, scientific and patent documentation which is indispensable in studying the history of electrification of the whole Globe. Nikola Tesla, (1856 - 1943) Serbian-born, American inventor and scientist, a pioneer in electrification, significantly influenced the technological development of our civilization by his polyphase system inventions. This system is the cornerstone of modern electro-energetic system of production, long distance transmission and usage of electrical currents, electricity and communication. Since the beginning of its exploitation towards the end of last century up to now, the polyphase system, together with the asynchronous motor, has been perfected and improved to a remarkable and hitherto unconceivable dimensions. He is credited as being a very imaginative scientist whose ideas were paths to many important discoveries without which our civilization would lack many of its technological comforts (radio, radar, television, motors of all kinds, high frequency fields, coils, computers). Some of his ideas are still to be realized. In his honour, the magnetic induction unit (tesla) of the SI system is named after him. Simply speaking, the collection documents the most important era of the history of development of the modern world, which, thanks to the Tesla system, made easy energy production and distribution possible. The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties. Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined. Final status of the Abyei area is not yet determined. A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

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Encyclopedic overview

Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American engineer, futurist, and inventor. He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.

Born and raised in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Tesla first studied engineering and physics in the 1870s without receiving a degree. He then gained practical experience in the early 1880s working in telephony and at Continental Edison in the new electric power industry. In 1884, he migrated to the United States, where he became a naturalized citizen. He worked for a short time at the Edison Machine Works in New York City before he struck out on his own. With the help of partners to finance and market his ideas, Tesla set up laboratories and companies in New York to develop a range of electrical and mechanical devices. His AC induction motor and related polyphase AC patents, licensed by Westinghouse Electric in 1888, earned him a considerable amount of money and became the cornerstone of the polyphase system, which Westinghouse marketed.

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