Nikola Essay

Sort By:
Page 2 of 50 - About 500 essays
  • Better Essays

    Nikola Tesla Essay

    • 1550 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Nikola Tesla was born midnight on July 10, 1856, in Smiljan, Lika, which at that time was part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, which is now known as Croatia. His father was named Milutin Tesla and he was a Serbian Orthodox Priest. Djuka Mandic was his mother and she invented household appliances. Tesla was the fourth child of five, having one older brother and three younger sisters. In 1873, Tesla studied at the the Polytechnic Institute in Graz, Austria and the University of Prague. At first

    • 1550 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Nikola Tesla Essay

    • 1059 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Nikola Tesla Few people recognize his name today, and even among those who do, the words Nikola Tesla are likly to summon up the image of a crackpot rather than an authentic scientist. Nikola Tesla was possibly the greatest inventor the world has ever known. He was, without doubt, a genius who is not only credited with many devices we use today, but is also credited with astonishing, sometimes world-transforming, devices that are even simply amazing by todays scientific standards. Tesla was born

    • 1059 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Inventor Nikola Tesla’s invention of alternating current is one invention of the twentieth century that goes unnoticed. Not only is the invention of AC current overlooked but also the man behind everything as well. Nikola Tesla, a mastermind in science and mathematics, lived in the nineteenth century to twentieth century. He was ahead of his time and his inventions were beyond the culture of his day. Tesla is known for his scientific contributions and is honored for his work and ideas. His inspiration

    • 1547 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Nikola Tesla There are numerous minds that came before us. They changed the way we think and live our daily lives. One of them was Nikola Tesla, a legendary man who was a visionary, inventor, and lastly a talented engineer. He’s accolades has changed the world and made it a better place. Tesla’s imagination is far beyond then an average person. He envisioned things that could make the world a better a place. When Tesla was a young, he imagined harnessing the nature’s power (Harnessing Niagara,

    • 427 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Nikola Tesla Comparison

    • 762 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Much of what we know about science and the electrical world around us is primarily due to two men, Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison. Each man invented a way of using electricity, while both conflicted against each other, both of their inventions of current, as well as others, are used today. First, Nikola Tesla's history explains his interests in inventions. Tesla was born what is now Smiljan, Croatia, on July 10, 1856. Tesla's drive for invention was greatly influenced by his mother, Djuka Mandic

    • 762 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    Nikola Tesla's Fraud

    • 1021 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Have you ever done so much work and never given enough credit for it? This one man was never given enough credit due to fraud by Thomas Edison. This particular man was named Nikola Tesla. He had a mind ahead of his own time. Tesla was a Serbian-American physicist who was born on July 9, 1856 in Smiljan, Croatia. He was born during the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father was Milutin Tesla, was a preacher at the Serbian Orthodox Church. While his mother, Djuka Mandic, ran the family farm. When he was

    • 1021 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Nikola Tesla Essay

    • 1590 Words
    • 7 Pages
    • 1 Works Cited

    "Were we to seize and eliminate from our industrial world the results of Mr. Tesla's work, the wheels of industry would cease to turn, our electric cars and trains would stop, our towns would be dark, our mills would be dead and idle. Yes, so far reaching is his work that it has become the warp and woof of industry... His name marks an epoch in the advance of electrical science. From that work has sprung a revolution..." -B.A. Behrend If you were to go to an encyclopedia and tried to find

    • 1590 Words
    • 7 Pages
    • 1 Works Cited
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Nikola Tesla Through an innovative and influential career, Nikola Tesla will be forever known as a technology pioneer. His contributions to society are known throughout the world, and we see his work all around us.Considering that, it helps people, including myself, identify with the magnitude of Tesla’s success when they learn how much of their daily lives are dependent on his strenuous hours of creative production. Even though he lived from 1856-1943 , his work has remained relevant as we continue

    • 951 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Nikola Tesla Essay

    • 845 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Nikola Tesla was born midnight on July 10, 1856 in Smiljan, Lika, which was then part of the Austo-Hungarian Empire, region of Croatia. His father was named Milutin Tesla and was a Serbian Orthodox Priest. Djuka Mandic was his mother and was an inventor in her own right of household appliances. Tesla was the fourth child of five, having one older brother and 3 younger sisters. Tesla studied at the Realschule, Karlstadt in 1873, the Polytechnic Institute in Graz, Austria and the University of Prague

    • 845 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Nikola Tesla, born in Smiljan, Croatia (then Austria-Hungary), in a Serbian family, on July 10, 1856. He was a physicist, mathematician, electrical engineer and famous inventor, who revolutionized the electrical theory by inventing and developing the alternating current. He died in New York, United States, on January 7, 1943. Nicola Tesla was one of the most brilliant minds in the history of mankind. However, the achievements of this inventor were overshadowed by his contemporary Thomas Edison and

    • 533 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays