Nikola Tesla was born in 1856 in Yugoslavia to a father, who was a Christian orthodox priest, and a mother, who was unschooled but highly intelligent (ChipCenter). He studied at the Polytechnic Institute in Graz, Austria and the University of Prague (Peat, page 25). Tesla intended to specialize in mathematics and physics but later became very interested and fascinated in electricity. After his studies, Tesla began his career as an electrical engineer in a telephone company in Budapest, Hungary. In the mean time,

Nikola Tesla is also the father of the radio and the modern electrical transmissions systems. Tesla patented the basic system of radio in 1896 (New Voyage). He published schematic diagrams describing all the basic elements of the radio transmitter, which was later used by Marconi. He constructed an instrument to receive radio waves. Tesla experimented and tested it out by transmitting radio waves throughout Manhattan. His device had a magnet that gave off intense magnetic fields. The radio device clearly establishes his priority in the discovery of radio. Also, the shipboard transmitter produced by the Lowenstein Radio Company and licensed under Nikola Tesla Company patents, was installed on the U.S. naval vessels prior to World War I (New Voyage). The heart of radio transmission is based upon four tuned circuits for transmitting and receiving. These four circuits, used in two pairs, are still a fundamental part of all radio and television equipment (Gareth). The United States Supreme Court, in 1943 held Marconi's most important patent invalid, recognizing Tesla's more significant contribution as the inventor of radio technology (New Voyage).

Tesla died in New York City in 1943, the holder of more than 700 patents (Gareth). The government apprehended his trunks, which held his papers, his diplomas and other honors, his letters, and his laboratory notes. These were eventually inherited by Tesla's nephew, and now are housed in the Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. However, most people still do not know who he was or his impact on our modern technological society.

In 1884, Nikola Tesla came to New York City in the United States of America (Peat, page 25). He worked on improving the generators for producing direct current (DC), for Thomas Edison. It was here that Tesla and Edison begun their battle for the currents. Edison fought a losing battle to protect his investments in direct current equipment and facilities.

Tesla was a pioneer in many fields. The Tesla coil, which he invented in 1891, is widely used today in radio and television sets and other electronic equipment (Peat, page 20). Also, among his other discoveries were the fluorescent light, laser beam, wireless communications, and wireless transmission of electrical energy, remote control, robotics, microwaves, radar, loudspeaker, Tesla's turbines and the AND logic gate, which is a very crucial component for computers and semiconductors (Anderson, introduction).

This invention of the Alternating Current induction motor has created a new way for electricity to be transmitted. And to this day, Tesla

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