}} '''Nikola Tesla''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_language Serbian]: Никола Тесла; 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventor inventor], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_engineering mechanical engineer], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_engineer electrical engineer]. He was an important contributor to the birth of commercial [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity electricity], and is best known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetism electromagnetism] in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tesla_patents Tesla's patents] and theoretical work formed the basis of modern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternating_current alternating current] (AC) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_power electric power] systems, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphase_system polyphase system] of electrical distribution and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_motor AC motor]. This work helped usher in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Industrial_Revolution Second Industrial Revolution].
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'''Nikola Tesla''' (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croats Croatian] inventor, and a mechanical and electrical engineer. He was born in Smiljani, Croatia. He was one of the most important contributors to the birth of commercial electricity, and is best known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tesla's patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current (AC) electric power systems, including the polyphase system of electrical distribution, and the AC motor, with which he helped usher in the Second Industrial Revolution.
Born an ethnic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbs Serb] in the village of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiljan Smiljan], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_Military_Frontier Croatian Military Frontier] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Empire Austrian Empire], Tesla was a subject of the Austrian Empire by birth and later became an American citizen.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#cite_note-0 [1]]</sup> Because of his 1894 demonstration of wireless communication through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio radio] and as the eventual victor in the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents War of Currents]", he was widely respected as one of the greatest electrical engineers who worked in America.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#cite_note-1 [2]]</sup> He pioneered modern electrical engineering and many of his discoveries were of groundbreaking importance. In the United States during this time, Tesla's fame rivaled that of any other inventor or scientist in history or popular culture.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#cite_note-2 [3]]</sup> Tesla demonstrated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_energy_transfer wireless energy transfer] to power electronic devices as early as 1893, and aspired to intercontinental wireless transmission of industrial power in his unfinished [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower Wardenclyffe Tower] project.
Because of his eccentric personality and his seemingly unbelievable and sometimes bizarre claims about possible scientific and technological developments, Tesla was ultimately ostracized and regarded as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_scientist mad scientist] by many late in his life.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#cite_note-3 [4]]</sup> Tesla never put much focus on his finances and died with little funds at the age of 86, alone in the two room hotel suite in which he lived, in New York City.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#cite_note-4 [5]]</sup>
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units International System of Units] unit measuring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_field magnetic field] '''B''' (also referred to as the ''magnetic flux density'' and ''magnetic induction''), the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_(unit) tesla]'', was named in his honor (at the''Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures'', Paris, 1960).
In addition to his work on electromagnetism and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromechanical electromechanical] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering engineering], Tesla contributed in varying degrees to the establishment of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotics robotics], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_control remote control], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar radar], and[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science computer science], and to the expansion of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistics ballistics], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_physics nuclear physics], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_physics theoretical physics].
Tesla was to distribute free electricity for all, the knowledge of which came from a [[Piece of Eden]] he had acquired. According to [[Subject Sixteen]], Tesla found the Piece of Eden in [[Croatia]]. The [[Templars]], most prominently [[Thomas Edison]], opposed this idea, as it would be an opposition to the Templar goal and Edison's ideals. To this end, Edison demonstrated a series of experiments that he released as proof that Tesla power was dangerous, causing public disapproval of Tesla's invention. Tesla's Apple of Eden seemingly disappeared.
Tesla was to distribute free electricity for all, the knowledge of which came from a [[Piece of Eden]] he had acquired. According to [[Subject Sixteen]], Tesla found the Piece of Eden in [[Croatia]]. The [[Templars]], most prominently [[Thomas Edison]], opposed this idea, as it would be an opposition to the Templar goal and Edison's ideals. To this end, Edison demonstrated a series of experiments that he released as proof that Tesla power was dangerous, causing public disapproval of Tesla's invention. Tesla's Apple of Eden seemingly disappeared.
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Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Croatian inventor, and a mechanical and electrical engineer. He was born in Smiljani, Croatia. He was one of the most important contributors to the birth of commercial electricity, and is best known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tesla's patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current (AC) electric power systems, including the polyphase system of electrical distribution, and the AC motor, with which he helped usher in the Second Industrial Revolution.
Tesla was to distribute free electricity for all, the knowledge of which came from a Piece of Eden he had acquired. According to Subject Sixteen, Tesla found the Piece of Eden in Croatia. The Templars, most prominently Thomas Edison, opposed this idea, as it would be an opposition to the Templar goal and Edison's ideals. To this end, Edison demonstrated a series of experiments that he released as proof that Tesla power was dangerous, causing public disapproval of Tesla's invention. Tesla's Apple of Eden seemingly disappeared.
Later on, the Assassins, including Nikolai Orelov, wanted him to destroy the Staff using his mastery of electricity. Unfortunately, this resulted in the Tunguska explosion, which either destroyed the Staff completely, or simply blasted the Piece of Eden miles away.
