Tesla developed the alternating-current power system that provides electricity for homes and buildings. He also pioneered the field of radio communication and was granted more than 100 U.S. patents.
Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, in what was then the Austrian Empire.
As a boy, Tesla was often sick, but he was a bright student with a photographic memory. In addition to his interest in engineering, he possessed a wild imagination as well as a love of poetry.
Nikola Tesla studied engineering at the Technical University at Graz, Austria, and the University of Prague.
Nikola Tesla died on January 7, 1943, in New York City.
“I don't care that they stole my idea... I care that they don't have any of their own.”
“My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.”
“The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter – for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way. He lives and labors and hopes.”
Tesla suffered from insomnia and obsessive compulsive behavior (OCD).
He was extremely fond of pigeons.
Tesla discovered X-ray radiation years before Roentgen was credited with its discovery.
Though Tesla did not invent the light itself, he did find out the way to harness and distribute light over long distances.