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Topic: history-of-science

Nikola Tesla pictured with his high-voltage equipment (historical image)
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Friday, 7/10, 04:54 PM

Nikola Tesla at 170: The Inventor Who Wired the Modern World

  • Nikola Tesla was born 170 years ago, on July 10, 1856.
  • The engineer's work on alternating current helped electrify the modern world, yet he died poor and, in the decades since, has been mythologized as much as understood.
  • On his birthday, a look at the real achievements behind the legend.

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