Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor and electrical engineer whose work on alternating current systems shaped modern power distribution.
His rivalry with Thomas Edison—AC versus DC—defined early electrical development.
Tesla's name lives on in the tesla, a unit of magnetic field strength, and in the electric vehicle company.
His reputation has grown posthumously, celebrated by enthusiasts who see him as an underappreciated genius.
Periodically reversing electrical flow
- polyphaseHaving multiple phases
- patentsExclusive rights to inventions
- wireless powerEnergy transmitted without cables
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
experimentation · blueprints · prototype · engineer · researcher · technologist · pioneer · designer
Direction-reversing electrical flow
- transformerVoltage-altering electrical device
- high voltageDangerous electrical potential
- electromagneticInvolving electric and magnetic fields
- inductionFormal admission process
coil · conductor · circuit · resonance · frequency · discharge · oscillator · arc
Tomorrow trends scholar
- predictionForecast of coming events
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- eccentricUnconventional in character
obsessive · reclusive · misunderstood · unrecognized · tragic · idealist · dreamer · prophetic
Low-frequency electromagnetic radiation
- transmissionSending of information
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
telegraphy · remote control · resonant frequency · transmitter · receiver · spectrum · communication · tuning
Prolific American inventor
- WestinghouseAmerican industrial inventor
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- feudBitter ongoing rivalry
- MarconiRadio telegraphy pioneer
patent disputes · recognition · credit · legacy · underdog
alternating current
Periodically reversing electrical flow
- polyphaseHaving multiple phases
- patentsExclusive rights to inventions
- wireless powerEnergy transmitted without cables
laboratory · experimentation · blueprints · prototype · engineer · researcher · technologist · pioneer · designer · scientific method
AC current
Direction-reversing electrical flow
- transformerVoltage-altering electrical device
- high voltageDangerous electrical potential
- electromagneticInvolving electric and magnetic fields
induction · coil · conductor · circuit · resonance · frequency · discharge · oscillator · arc · current
futurist
Tomorrow trends scholar
- predictionForecast of coming events
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
eccentric · obsessive · reclusive · misunderstood · unrecognized · tragic · idealist · dreamer · prophetic · otherworldly
radio waves
Low-frequency electromagnetic radiation
- transmissionSending of information
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- signalMessage-conveying cue
broadcast · telegraphy · remote control · resonant frequency · transmitter · receiver · spectrum · communication · tuning · oscillation
Edison
Prolific American inventor
- WestinghouseAmerican industrial inventor
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- feudBitter ongoing rivalry
Marconi · patent disputes · recognition · credit · legacy · underdog
- PhysicistsAlbert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Richard Feynman, Enrico Fermi, Max Planck
- InventorsThomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Benjamin Franklin, Eli Whitney, Wright Brothers
- Electricity HistoryMichael Faraday, Faraday, Benjamin Franklin, Franklin, Thomas Edison
- Electrical PioneersThomas Edison, Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Michael Faraday, Faraday
- Energy InnovatorsThomas Edison
- Tech InnovatorsThomas Edison, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Alan Turing, inventors
Nikola TeslaThomas Edison
Prolific American inventor
empiricist · J.P. Morgan · Henry Ford · Andrew Carnegie · Steve Jobs
Nikola TeslaThomas Edison
Prolific American inventor
John D. Rockefeller · Andrew Carnegie · robber baron · commercial success · J.P. Morgan
Nikola Teslasocialite
Prominent figure in fashionable circles
extrovert · family man · Thomas Edison · P.T. Barnum · Benjamin Franklin