Inventor

SCIENTIST

THIS IS ..Nikola Tesla..

1. He was born during a lightening storm. It was thought to mean he was a child of darkness but his mother replied that it meant he was a child of light.2.He developed the idea for the smartphone in 19013.No one knows why, but pearls drove him crazy. He would not talk to a woman if she was wearing them

3 FUN FACTS

1)Tesla Coil 5) Laser2)Alternating Current 6) Electric Motor3)Radio 7) Wireless Communication4)Limitless free energy 8) Robotics

BIGGEST SUCCESSES

Born: July 10, 1856Died: January 7, 1943Influential Relatives: Djuka Mandic (mother)

BIOGRAPHY:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-nikola-tesla/http://www.biography.com/people/nikola-tesla-9504443http://www.activistpost.com/2012/01/10-inventions-of-nikola-tesla-that.html

CITATIONS

Nikola Tesla was an underappreciated genius that was way ahead of his time. Some of his inventions are still used today, and he probably could of made more if he was not suppressed by "big business".

LASTING IMPACT

AwardsMember of EIEE, and eventually had an award named after him.Won the Nobel Peace Prize but refused to share it with Thomas Edison.Because of his contributions to electricity, the unit describing the strength of a magnetic field was named, Tesla in 1960.

"I don't care that they stolemy idea, I care that they don'thave any of their own."