Nikola Tesla: The Forgotten Inventor
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When was Tesla born?
1856
What is the modern day location of where Tesla was born?
Croatia
Profession of Tesla:
Engineer
What did Tesla possess?
Extraordinary memory and imagination
What did Tesla study?
Engineering
Where did Tesla study engineering?
Austria
Where did Tesla move to after studying in Austria?
US
When did Tesla move to US?
1884
What did Tesla have just enough money for when he moved to US?
A ticket
What did Tesla carry when he moved to US?
Trunk with inventions
Who did Tesla briefly work for?
Thomas Edison
What did Tesla and Edison do shortly after Tesla began working for Edison?
Clashed over electricity systems
What did Tesla champion?
Alternating current
What did Edison promote?
Direct current
What did Tesla’s promotion of alternating current and Edison’s promotion of direct current lead to?
War of currents
Who won the war of currents?
Tesla
How did Tesla win the war of currents?
With help from George Westinghouse
What does Tesla’s AC system power?
Modern world
Was Tesla’s alternating current powering the modern world enough for Tesla?
No
What did Tesla pioneer?
Inventions
What inventions did Tesla pioneer?
Wireless power radio and early concepts of radar
How did Tesla die?
Poor and forgotten
When did Tesla die?
1943
What do we remember Tesla as?
The inventor who was far ahead of his time
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