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Nikola Tesla

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Nikola Tesla, living under the shadow of Thomas Edison. Tesla is less alone, but his theories have given him a special place in the field. Here we try to showcase some interesting facts that have come to light about Tesla. He was an electric engineer and a physicist of repute. He had over 300 patents credited to him but he became famous for developing the alternate current technology, which has a wide variety of uses.He was known for his steric sense of humor. The museum in Wardenclyffe was funded by a cartoon showing the respect people had for his humor. Tesla, in the initial years, worked for Thomas Edison designing direct current generators. He moved away to pursue his own research. Though people described them as rivals, the fact of the matter is that they were two sides of a coin. Tesla was at heart an environmentalist and was concerned about the way people were using the resources. He looked for ways to make renewable resources. In fact, he created artificial lightning in his lab and found differences in electric potential on earth and high objects.As early as 1901, he had ideas about smartphone technology. He was a brilliant thinker but could not put his thoughts and ideas into practice. Tesla never bothered about monetary gains for his research and many a time did not have funds to work on his ideas. People term him a brilliant thinker and humanist. It is said that he had an earthquake mission in his lab and on many occasions, he would frighten the entire neighborhood when he used it. It is said that Mark Twain was one of the victims of this exercise.

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Nikola Tesla, living under the shadow of Thomas Edison. Tesla is less alone, but his theories have given him a special place in the field. Here we try to showcase some interesting facts that have come to light about Tesla. He was an electric engineer and a physicist of repute. He had over 300 patents credited to him but he became famous for developing the alternate current technology, which has a wide variety of uses.He was known for his steric sense of humor. The museum in Wardenclyffe was funded by a cartoon showing the respect people had for his humor. Tesla, in the initial years, worked for Thomas Edison designing direct current generators. He moved away to pursue his own research. Though people described them as rivals, the fact of the matter is that they were two sides of a coin. Tesla was at heart an environmentalist and was concerned about the way people were using the resources. He looked for ways to make renewable resources. In fact, he created artificial lightning in his lab and found differences in electric potential on earth and high objects.As early as 1901, he had ideas about smartphone technology. He was a brilliant thinker but could not put his thoughts and ideas into practice. Tesla never bothered about monetary gains for his research and many a time did not have funds to work on his ideas. People term him a brilliant thinker and humanist. It is said that he had an earthquake mission in his lab and on many occasions, he would frighten the entire neighborhood when he used it. It is said that Mark Twain was one of the victims of this exercise.
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