How Did Nikola Tesla Contribute To The Modern World

Nikola Tesla, Man of Many Sciences Who is Nikola Tesla? Where would the world be without him today? “Nikola Tesla” by Inez Whitaker Hunt gives us just a glimpse of the contributions that Nikola Tesla made to the modern world. Born into humble beginnings, his father an Orthodox Priest and his mother and uneducated woman, came a man who would someday contribute some of the most important technology of his time. Some of that technology still in use today. Nikola Tesla was one of the most influential inventors of all time. His inventions catapulted technology forward and hasn’t looked back. One reason Nikola Tesla was so successful as an inventor was that he was innovative. Tesla had many great ideas for new inventions. His first being the induction motor, which “would become his first step toward the successful utilization of the alternating current: (Hunt). Once
He travelled the world, sometimes working with someone, sometimes alone. From the minute he graduated from the Technical University at Graz, Austria, he started contributing to the world of science. From Graz, he went to Budapest, where he “visualized the principle of the rotating magnetic field and developed plans for an induction motor.” (Hunt). From there, he went to Paris, where he made his first induction motor. In 1884, he made his way across the ocean to New York City with the clothes on his back and four cents to his name. From there it was Pittsburgh, and then Colorado Springs. He cam full circle, finishing his career back in New York. He worked with some of the greatest minds known to the world, but never settled. He wanted more, to contribute more. He didn’t let anything get in his way not even failure. After losing funding on a project to bring wireless broadcasting to Long Island, he moved on to turbines and other things, always trying to come up with the next best