NIKOLA TESLA - Genius who lit the world
Nikola Tesla, the eccentric - and unbelievably under-rated - genius, was
without doubt one of the greatest minds in the history of the human
race. If it weren't for this slightly manic genius, you wouldn't be
reading this page, you probably wouldn't be doing it in a
brightly-lighted room - and you certainly wouldn't be reading it on your
computer. Tesla invented the alternating-current generator that
provides your light and electricity, the transformer through which it is
sent, fluorescent light, and even the high voltage coil of your picture
tube. In short, Nicola Tesla has invented the technologies on which our
modern world is built. Scientists are still discovering what Tesla has
predicted, are still studying his theories and research. His work is
still, in many ways, future technology.
Tesla was one of the world’s most original and greatest inventors and
thinkers, but also one of the most mysterious and controversial
scientists in history. Because he was so original and out of his time,
his genius was frequently mistaken for insanity and science fiction.
Maybe next time, the world will recognize a true genius when it comes
around.
Scientists today continue to scour through his notes. Many of his
far-flung theories are just now being proven by our top scientists. For
example, the Tesla bladeless disk turbine engine that he designed, when
coupled with modern materials, is proving to be among the most efficient
motors ever designed. His 1901 patented experiments with cryogenic
liquids and electricity provide the foundation for modern
superconductors. He talked about experiments that suggested particles
with fractional charges of an electron – something that scientists in
1977 finally discovered – quarks!
Nicola Tesla had an amazing mind, he was a scientist, an engineer, an
inventor, a mystic and poet. His mind was too great to be fully
appreciated by the people of his time. During his lifetime he patented
more than 700 inventions. It was Nikola TESLA who invented the today
used AC polyphase electric distribution power system in all its part of
generation, transmission and consumption.
It was Tesla, not EDISON, who has made the world-wide use of electricity
even become possible. Today, virtually every electrical power station on
the planet owes its existence to Tesla, as his creation has remained
unchanged a full century after its conceptualization. As a single
individual, Tesla altered the course of history in a dramatic way.
