tesla, nikola

A brief biography of Serbian-American scientist Nikola Tesla, whose early fascination with electricity caused him to go on to invent alternating current and many devices that helped bring electricity to American households and, eventually, the rest of the world, at the turn of the twentieth century.

A biography of Serbian inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla--who was born in Croatia--covering his role as a contributor to the fields of electricity and magnetism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and includes a timeline, glossary, and photographs.

Examines the lives and accomplishments of Guglielmo Marconi and Nikola Tesla, discussing their pioneering work in developing wireless communication, and includes Internet links to additional information.

Text and photographs recount the life of scientist Nikola Tesla who developed the technology that harnessed alternating-current electricity.

Presents a short biography of Nikola Tesla, who along with Thomas Edison, brought about the discovery of electricity, and examines his childhood in Croatia and other inventions credited to him.

In the early twentieth century, four sisters and their widowed mother, a famed spiritualist, travel from New York to London, and as the Titanic conveys them and their acquaintances, journalist W.T. Stead, scientist Nikola Tesla, and industrialist John Jacob Astor, home, Tesla's inventions will either doom or save them all.

Presents the life and achievements of Nikola Tesla, who lived from 1856 through 1943, and is considered by many to be the founding father of modern electrical technology, and who created fluorescent lighting, wireless telegraphy, the giant turbines that utilize Niagara Falls, and more.

Relates the battle between Thomas Edison's direct current (DC) distribution of electricity and Nikola Tesla's alternating current (AC) system.

A biography that recounts the life of scientist Nikola Tesla who helped develop the technology that harnessed alternating-current electricity.

Serbian inventor and mechanical and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla discusses his life and work, including his discoveries in electromagnetism and alternating current electric power systems.