“When I was 12 years old, I read the biography of Nikola Tesla and burst into tears. I thought that if one day I have an invention that changes the world, I will definitely use Tesla’s invention. Name. Naming the company 'Tesla' is to pay tribute to Nikola Tesla, the great scientist and engineer, and to fulfill the promise of his youth." - Elon Musk
When it comes to Tesla, what everyone may think of is the one developed by Elon Musk, who is known as the real-life Iron Man. From time to time, you hear about very cool new energy vehicles, but it is very Few people understand why it is named after "Tesla". Behind these three words is actually a scientific giant that has almost been forgotten by the world.
God-like existence
Nikola Tesla, there is a physical unit named after him; he had more than 700 pages of inventions and nearly 1,000 patents in his life, but 11 times He declined the world's top Nobel Prize; he had the opportunity to become the world's richest man, but he gave his patents to the world for free use; he was handsome, gentle, and knew eight languages, but he never married. He only slept for two hours a day and devoted all his time and energy to science.
This is such a character who can be called a "god", but in the end, he died of poverty. He is our protagonist today, an outstanding Serbian-American inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer... Nikola Tesla
Some people may say that all his inventions are This happened almost 100 years ago. What role and impact does it have on the current development of the world and our daily lives? As everyone knows, the "electricity" we use today, which is used for our daily life and entertainment, was invented by him.
We are enjoying the rich legacy he left for us every day: hydropower stations, radios, radars, televisions, radios, drones, neon lights, unlimited missiles...even our current unmanned vehicles , wireless charging as early as 100 years ago, he had already dabbled in it.
So there is a saying on the Internet: If alien intelligence really exists in this world, then there are probably only two people on the earth, one is Leonardo da Vinci and the other is Tesla. If there is a god-like being in the world, then he must be Tesla. Next, let us get closer to this scientific giant, whose research was once classified as top secret by the United States, and let us learn about his legendary story.
The special boy is destined to be extraordinary
Maybe he does not belong to this world, even though he was born into an ordinary family in a small village in the Austrian Empire. There was a thunderstorm on the night he was born. The doctor who delivered him said that this was an ominous sign and that the child must be a "child of darkness." Tesla's mother retorted: "He will definitely become a 'son of light.'" Tesla's mother hit the nail on the head, this child truly had a wonderful and unique life.
As a teenager, Tesla showed various "special functions". In high school, he could do calculus in his head so well that his teachers always thought he was cheating. He also has superhuman memory and can recall the contents and images of entire books. He can also use his fantasies to reconstruct childhood nightmares.
This development of intelligence, memory and fantasy perception makes this chosen son unique. After all, he may be the only one who can accurately simulate the trajectories of electrons and radio waves in his mind.
What’s interesting is that this young man embarked on the path of science because of an illness. Tesla's father was a priest, so he expected his son to inherit his father's legacy. When Tesla grew up, he could become a priest or join the army, so he never trained him in the direction Tesla expected. .
It was not until Tesla was seventeen years old that he contracted cholera and became seriously ill. But he naughtily told his father: "If I can survive this disease, let me be an engineer." So he was sent to the best local school and began his career as an engineer. The course of history also continued. This moment was rewritten.
At the age of 21, he received a scholarship from the Graz University of Technology in Austria. He was passionate about electricity and could study 20 hours a day and got the highest score in all subjects. But once when I was communicating with my instructor, the instructor said: "There is no equipment in the world that can transmit alternating current. I recognize your future achievements, but you will never build such a machine."
As a result, Tesla's stubbornness made him give up the entire semester's courses and study AC generators by himself in the dormitory. Although he was forced to drop out of school due to the cancellation of his teaching scholarship due to his absence from class, he also defeated his instructor's expectations of him. Based on his evaluation, he made a design drawing of an AC motor. So he began looking for resources to realize his vision.
Electrical Revolution: DC vs. AC
The celebrity of the power generation system at that time was Edison, so when Tesla was 28 years old, he came to New York and worked in Edison’s large company that made light bulbs. Got a job as an engineer. Edison also valued his talent and asked him to improve the DC motor, and he did an excellent job making it more stable and efficient.
It is a pity that Edison did not honor the $4 million reward, and said that he did not understand American humor, and even applied for a patent for Tesla's design in his own name. After being severely ripped off, Tesla left his job angrily and began to work on his own to invent alternating current that competed with Edison's direct current.
You must know that the power supply system at that time was Edison's direct current, but the transmission distance of this power supply system was only a few kilometers, and the wires were as thick as a forearm, which meant that power stations needed to be built every few kilometers. Think about it. Delivering electricity to every resident's home has also become a very difficult task.
Unfortunately, the market at that time was filled with many gray transactions, creative plagiarism and patent suppression, and these were the methods used by the profit-seeking Edison to suppress Tesla, and even made an AC electric chair. To carry out executions and educate the public about the dangers of alternating current. It wasn't until Tesla passed alternating current through his body to light a light bulb at the 1893 World's Fair to prove that alternating current was safe, defeating Edison's conspiracy in one fell swoop.
The young man who came to New York with four cents in pocket became a famous star at that time. Tesla's motors, generators, transformers and power transmission technology have also become the 25th most valuable patent since the telephone, and these technologies still affect our lives.
Superstar who died of poverty
Later, he invented radio, X-ray, etc. Tesla could have become the world's first billionaire who was far ahead of others, but But he stuck to his heart. He even helped the United States solve confidentiality issues. His research was classified as top secret by the United States, and his manuscripts were sealed as confidential documents. When Tesla returned to Serbia for retirement, the U.S. government specially donated a huge sum of money to Serbia, and Tesla's face was printed on the Serbian currency as a commemoration. However, Tesla eventually died of poverty.
If you look through many current textbooks, you will hardly see Tesla. The main reason is that he does not care about income, fame and wealth. He just wants to make the world a better place. But this was very different from what most businessmen thought at the time. Unfortunately, these businessmen took advantage of Tesla's nature and continued to profit from his research, which ultimately made him worthless.
So, throughout Tesla’s legendary life, what we need to learn is Tesla’s pure will to fight for himself and understand his own value. Finally, let us end this article with a quote from Tesla.
“The present is theirs, the future, for which I have really worked, is mine. The present is theirs, and the future that I am committed to research is mine”