'''Nikola Telsa''' (1856-1943) was a Croatian-American electrical engineer, inventor and physicist who contributed to many of the developments in the field of [[electricity]].
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'''Nikola Telsa''' (July 9, 1856-January 7, 1943) was a Croatian-American electrical engineer, inventor and physicist who contributed to many of the developments in the field of [[electricity]].
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The SI unit measuring magnetic flux density or magnetic induction (commonly known as the magnetic field), is named the tesla, in his honour.
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He pioneered the eventual adaptation of the "Alternating Current", which is more efficient the "Direct Current".
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The SI unit measuring magnetic flux density or magnetic induction (commonly known as the magnetic field), is named the tesla, in his honor.
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He was [Thomas Edison]]'s main rival at the end of the 19th century, even surpassing him in fame in the 1890's.
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Despite the international fame he received as a result of his work involving the alternating current, he died relatively penniless in a [[New York]] hotel room.