Nikola Tesla was an inventor, physicist and electrical, mechanical engineer who made a great contribution to the field of technology with his design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.
He was born on July 10th, 1856 in Smiljan, modern-day Croatia, where he lived until 1884 when he emigrated to United States (where he died on 1943) to work for Thomas Edison. There were differences between Edison and Tesla; while the first was introducer and defender of the direct current (DC), and made a fortune with this idea, Tesla was convinced that the alternating current (AC) was a better solution, and his objective was get free, wireless energy for everyone. Actually, we still use AC in our time, 150 years later, because it imposed above direct current. In fact, what Tesla thought was better, but he needed Edison to implement his idea.
Edison denied his support, but asked Tesla if he could redesign and improve the inefficient DC generators of his company, offering him a big amount of money. Tesla did it, but Edison never paid; after that Tesla gave up and founded his own company in 1886: "Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing". He didn't convinced the investors so he started to work with George Westinghouse, at the same time he built his famous "Tesla coil".
He made a lot of discoveries, he was a fascinating character that is worth knowing, but after reading about him, I think the history and people like Thomas Edison were very unfair with him, he never received the recognition he deserved for all his achievements and his exceptional mind.
oh I didn't know nothing about his, but for your post I realized that he was a great scientific
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