Nikola Tesla Research Paper

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Nikola Tesla, (1856-1945) was the inventor of the World’s lighting and well-known for his contribution to the world of science and technology. Tesla, a son of priest from Orthodox faith, he was born in born in Serbian in the territory of Yugoslav. He is the first inventor of the outstanding radio communication. Tesla is also known for his invention, who devised the powerful alternating current (AC) model that significantly became the industry electric standard. AC is widely considered one of the many Tesla’s inventions. It is said that Tesla became an engineer with no single training at all, not exposed in the said field, but did it all himself, and realized the greatest- amazing results by virtue of his applications and industry use. He challenged one of his counterparts, Thomas Edison who also invented direct current (DC) power system (Jatras, 2003). …show more content…
The New York Times published an article on 28th August, 1984 about Tesla with the headline ‘Tesla, A Bizarre Genius, the editorial revealed that the world of science recognized the genius one of its most central, mysterious, and eccentric, inventors, none other than Nikola Tesla for his outstanding work in the world’s history of electrical engineering (Jatras, 2003). This was a period after he had accomplished penniless on the docks of the New York City (NYC), Nikola Tesla was credited for his astonishing accomplishments that overshadowed many counterparts, including Marconi and Thomas Edison. Also, over forty-years after his demise in hotel room in Manhattan. Tesla was elevated among the world’s famous discoverers and inventors (Jatras,

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