With the discovery of electricity provided by Thomas Edison others were trying to elaborate on his ideas. Nikola Tesla was the most prominent but he certainly wasn’t the first or last. Although he is claimed to be the founder of the alternating current there were ideas for similar to his theories floating around in Italy as well as Russia. For instance, William Stanley Jr. designed a practical device to transfer AC power and papers from Galileo Ferraris explained the rotating magnetic fields which further lead to induction motors. These contributed heavily to the final design constructed by Nikola Tesla himself as well as a plethora of other mini contraptions made by a copious amount of inventors around the globe.
He opposed the old and imagined the new, battling with Edison in “The Current Wars” and filing for hundreds of patents. Nikola Tesla was a man of many inventions inventing a practical use for AC current, imagining and establishing revolutionary technologies, and furthering the scientific applications of radio. Nikola Tesla, despite his many contributions, is still unrecognized in history. Nikola Tesla was able to invent a practical use for AC or alternating current, which was revolutionary at the time. In fact, as a young man attending the Polytechnic Institute, upon hearing about AC, he was determined to make it practical despite his professor, Professor Poeschl, telling him it was impossible (“Dommermuth-Costa” 36).
The system of power lines that run from the power plant to the homes across the globe was also an Idea of Tesla. These innovations would arguably, in the opinion of many, make Nikola Tesla the greatest inventor who ever lived. No one man ever accomplished so much by himself. Confucius once said, “Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” Several millennia passed before anyone would be able to experience music whenever and wherever they wanted, without having to ... ... middle of paper ... ...rting out, Tesla devised a “Spark Gap” which discharges sparks between two electrodes. The gap should be adjustable as to control the amount of voltage that crosses it at one given time.
Nikola Tesla most likely had created even more inventions, but kept them hidden. He was a genius disguised as a madman. His mind was always thinking about how science worked and how he could build a device to bring his plan to life. He succeeded many times with electrical generating equipment like the numerous variations of the Tesla coil. Alternating current is probably the most important invention of his collection.
First off, he invented the induction motor, which is a very important part of many modern appliances and appliances back when he invented it. Another thing that Tesla invented is Remote Controls. This invention, like most others of his, is very important. (Geisler) Another important technology that he invented was wireless communications. Tesla also invented the laser, which was a good and bad invention.
Nikola Tesla the Electrical Genius Occasionally a brilliant mind can bring about momentous concepts and ideas that change the entirety of civilization for humanity. An inventor who has turned their concept into reality is behind each and every tool. Each inventor has left an impact on the world, even long after death. However, the inventor Nikola Tesla has left a much larger legacy than most, even arguably more so than the well-renowned inventor, Thomas Edison. Nikola Tesla embodies the true essence of the inventor even more so than his counterpart and archrival, Thomas Edison.
The two butt heads however Nikola Tesla was relentless. After being used and rejected by Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla picked himself and went toe to toe with the most prolific inventor. The stage for David vs Goliath was set. Through Nikola Tesla’s borderline obsession to solve the design for an alternating current motor and sacrificing his own opportunity to become a wealthy man, we now live in a very efficient world where everyone reaps the rewards of his genius, few know his name, and even fewer know what he did.
Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park, worked hard his whole life to reach great achievement of professional recognition in science. Tesla, the Master of Lightning, had an intellectual mind and contributed to an electronic development that changed American history. Most people have heard of Thomas Edison; in contrast, Tesla is a little more obscure.
Einstein will no doubt go down in history as a great theoretical physicist. His work is compared in importance to that of scientists such as Galileo Galilei, Nicolas Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton. Some would even say that his contributions to science were greater. However, it is impossible to paint a complete picture of Einstein without examining his life, his religion, and his personality. His science was his life, and his religion gave him insights as to how to approach science.
On the edge of theoretical physics is the study of String Theory, a theory first proposed in the middle of the twentieth century. String Theory was very prominent among the physics community in the late twentieth century, and many physicists were working on experiments and proofs to solidify the theory. However, half a century later and String Theory remains unproven and unverified. Just like Aristotle’s theories, if String Theory results in inaccurate predictions of the universe, it will also need to be eliminated from science in order for science to more fully progress. In order for humanity to further its understanding of nature, it must first establish a theory, realize its errors, and retheorize until a point is reached where no discontinuities exist between the theory and the universe.