(10
July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was an inventor and a mechanical
and electrical engineer. He was one of the most important contributors
to the birth of commercial electricity and radio communications,
and is best known for his many revolutionary developments in the
field of electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Tesla's patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern
alternating current (AC) electric power systems, including the
polyphase system of electrical distribution and the AC motor.
Tesla's fame rivaled that of any other inventor or scientist in
history, but because of his eccentric personality and his seemingly
unbelievable and sometimes bizarre claims about possible scientific
and technological developments, Tesla was ultimately ostracized
and regarded as a mad scientist.
Tesla's
wish was to help all of humanity with technology, but his financier
J.P. Morgan did not see his plans as one that would bring profit
delivering free energy for everyone and therefore abandoned Tesla,
leaving this exceptional genius who we have to thank for bringing
electricity to our homes and all forms of wireless communication
impoverished and unacknowledged.
Tesla's
Discovery of Radiant Energy
After
Tesla's work with alternating currents was completed, Tesla switched
over completely to the study of radiant impulse currents. Seeing
that the effect could grant humanity enormous possibilities. This
new electrical force effect of what was a preeminent discovery
of great historical significance. Despite this fact, few academicians
grasped its significance as such they could not accept Tesla's
excited announcements. Academes argued that Tesla's effect could
not exist based on Maxwell's prior equations written in their
text books. They insisted that Tesla revise his statements. Tesla's
mysterious effect could not have been predicted by Maxwell because
Maxwell did not incorporate it when formulating his equations.
How could he have done so, when the phenomenon was just discovered
by Tesla?
Understanding
the importance of the discovery of radiant energy and it's implications,
Tesla continued to study and implement the radiant electrical
action, his patents from this period to the end of his career
were filled with the terminology equated with radiant electrical
impulses alone.