Tesla - the Father of Modern Technology
"Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs, the future, for which I have really worked, is mine."
Nikola Tesla
The Father of Modern Technology
It is difficult to imagine how today’s world would be without Nikola Tesla, the inventor who revolutionized the modern technology. His inventions touch our life on a daily basis and yet the majority of people don’t now anything about him. To be more specific, every time we switch the light , watch the TV, use a laptop , a computer or a cell phone we should thank Tesla for his creations. This brilliant scientist invented the alternative current, wireless transmission, radio, X-rays , neon and many other things totaling 700 patents. His greatest dream was to obtain and deliver free energy for everybody and he proved that this is possible and, if helped, he would have materialized his dream. Nikola Tesla was born in Smijlan, Croatia in 1856. He had an extraordinary memory and spoke six languages: Serbo-Croatian, Latin, Italian, French, German, and English. He spent four years at the Polytechnic Institute at Graz studying math, physics, and mechanics. During this period of time he became fascinated by electricity, a branch of physics that was still in its infancy. Tesla came to United States in 1884 and started to work for Edison. At that time Thomas Edison had problems with his DC (direct current) system, which contained many bugs. Being aware of Tesla’s great mind, Edison promised him 50,000 dollars (the equivalent of one million dollars in today’s money) for fixing the system. Nikola took the challenge and after hard and exhausting work managed to get the bugs out and thus saved Edison over $100,000. Thomas refused to keep his promise and Tesla quit not long after that. From that point, Edison tried to discredit Tesla whenever it was possible. Besides the aforementioned reason of their separation is the fact that Nikola had a different
Nikola Tesla
The Father of Modern Technology
It is difficult to imagine how today’s world would be without Nikola Tesla, the inventor who revolutionized the modern technology. His inventions touch our life on a daily basis and yet the majority of people don’t now anything about him. To be more specific, every time we switch the light , watch the TV, use a laptop , a computer or a cell phone we should thank Tesla for his creations. This brilliant scientist invented the alternative current, wireless transmission, radio, X-rays , neon and many other things totaling 700 patents. His greatest dream was to obtain and deliver free energy for everybody and he proved that this is possible and, if helped, he would have materialized his dream. Nikola Tesla was born in Smijlan, Croatia in 1856. He had an extraordinary memory and spoke six languages: Serbo-Croatian, Latin, Italian, French, German, and English. He spent four years at the Polytechnic Institute at Graz studying math, physics, and mechanics. During this period of time he became fascinated by electricity, a branch of physics that was still in its infancy. Tesla came to United States in 1884 and started to work for Edison. At that time Thomas Edison had problems with his DC (direct current) system, which contained many bugs. Being aware of Tesla’s great mind, Edison promised him 50,000 dollars (the equivalent of one million dollars in today’s money) for fixing the system. Nikola took the challenge and after hard and exhausting work managed to get the bugs out and thus saved Edison over $100,000. Thomas refused to keep his promise and Tesla quit not long after that. From that point, Edison tried to discredit Tesla whenever it was possible. Besides the aforementioned reason of their separation is the fact that Nikola had a different
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