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A Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.
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Discovered that rotating magnetic field that would allow alternating current to power an engine without being first converted to direct current.
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The alternating current created magnetic poles that reversed themselves without mechanical aid, as DC motors required, and caused an armature (the revolving part of any electromechanical device) to whirl around the motor.
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Created a transformer capable of producing very high voltages, his most famous invention and contributions to science and technology.
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Tesla demonstrated that AC was perfectly safe by famously shooting current through his own body to produce light. This is to prove his idea about the future of electricity was better than his rival Edison.
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Tesla invented everything we associate with radio such as antennas, tuners etc...
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Tesla died a very accomplished inventer and scientist with many contributions to society. He died at the age of 86.
