Nikola Tesla
1856 – 1943 · Serbia · Engineering, Physics
Alternating current, induction motors and radio principles.
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Who shaped Nikola Tesla, and who they shaped
Inherited from2
- Michael Faraday
1791 – 1867 · Physics, Chemistry
Induction — Faraday's discovery — is the physics of Tesla's motor and transformer.
- Thomas Edison
1847 – 1931 · Engineering
The current wars were fought between Edison's DC empire and Tesla's polyphase AC.
Passed the work to1
- Guglielmo Marconi
1874 – 1937 · Engineering, Physics
Tesla's oscillator patents underlie the radio apparatus Marconi commercialised.
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