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an earlier inventor of radio than Guglielmo Marconi
[[Image:NikolaTesla.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
[[Image:NikolaTesla.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
'''Nikola Tesla''' (July 9, 1856-January 7, 1943) was a Serbian-American electrical engineer, inventor and physicist who contributed to many of the developments in the field of [[electricity]].
'''Nikola Tesla''' (July 9, 1856-January 7, 1943) was a Serbian-American electrical engineer, inventor and physicist who contributed to many of the developments in the field of [[electricity]]. "It’s generally agreed that Tesla was an earlier inventor of radio than [[Guglielmo Marconi]], who won the patent and a Nobel Prize."<ref> [http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/01/14/080114ta_talk_singer New Yorker magazine]</ref>
He pioneered the eventual adaptation of [[Alternating Current (AC)|alternating current]], which is more efficient than [[direct current]].
He pioneered the eventual adaptation of [[Alternating Current (AC)|alternating current]], which is more efficient than [[direct current]].
Despite the international fame he received as a result of his work involving alternating current, he died relatively penniless in a [[New York]] hotel room.
Despite the international fame he received as a result of his work involving alternating current, he died relatively penniless in a [[New York]] hotel room.
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==See also==
==See also==