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Nikola Tesla - "The Greatest mind of all" (original - Modern Marvels Nikola Tesla - Mad electricity from History Channel ) Nikola Tesla - Никола Тесла 10 July 1856 -- 7 January 1943 - was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, and futurist. He was an important contributor to the use of commercial electricity, and is best known for developing the modern alternating current (AC) electrical supply system. His many revolutionary developments in the field of electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were based on the theories of electromagnetic technology discovered by Michael Faraday. Tesla's patents and theoretical work also formed the basis of wireless communication and the radio. Born in the village of Smiljan (now part of Gospić, present day Croatia), Tesla was a subject of the Austrian Empire by birth and later became an American citizen.Because of his 1894 demonstration of short range wireless communication through radio and as the eventual victor in the "War of Currents", he was widely respected as one of the greatest electrical engineers who worked in America. He pioneered modern electrical engineering and many of his discoveries were of groundbreaking importance. In the United States during this time, Tesla's fame rivaled that of any other inventor or scientist in history or popular culture.Tesla demonstrated wireless energy transfer to power electronic devices in 1891, and aspired to intercontinental wireless transmission of industrial power in his unfinished Wardenclyffe Tower project. Tesla became reclusive towards the end of his life, living alone in a New York City hotel room and only appearing occasionally to make unusual statements to the press. Because of his pronouncements and the nature of his work over the years Tesla gained a reputation in popular culture as the archetypal "mad scientist". He died with little money to his name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla Thanks to History Chanel and this beautiful educational documentary that summarize Nikola Tesla scientific life and accomplishments. I hope that this video will not be removed because this video has an educational purpose. http://www.history.com/ http://shop.history.com/index.php?v=history_show_modern-marvels&pa=PRF-2102166&ecid=PRF-2102166&SESSID=d10f5482a95cefe0eae8a42c3ab69597 What do you think about this ? Please comment and give your opinion and criticism. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.