Nikola Tesla Accomplishments

led him ‘The Master of Lightening.' The man who transformed the very way human kind thinking about electricity. His discoveries, inventions and theories are an important part of our daily life. This is the man who had many inventions and a few unfortunately never went beyond the blueprints, but those which did gained wonderful laurels such as replacing the incumbent Edison’s DC, generating electricity from water, and lighting rooms with cordless light bulbs. The man was a real genius with just few odd habits and he is known as Nikola Tesla.
Nikola Tesla is one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century born in Smiljan, Croatia in 1856. His father was a Milutin who served as a Serbian Orthodox Clergy. On the other hand, his mother who was influential in his upbringing was called Djouka …show more content…
The first recognition was in 1917 when Tesla was awarded the Edison Medal that was the admired electrical prize in the United States. In 1975. Tesla was introduced into the inventor’s Hall of Fame due to his inventions. The following year, Tesla was recognized and awarded yet another coveted award by the Institute of Electrical Engineers that they named ‘The Nikola Tesla Award’ and he was the first recipient of the award (Hickman, 2008). In 1983, the U.S. Postal Service recognized Tesla’s work and honored him with a commemorative stamp. Moreover, his name has been magnanimous with a Global segment of Magnetic Flux density labelled “Tesla”. However, there is one recognition given to Tesla that dwarfs the rest. The Nikola Tesla Statue which is located on Goat Island will forever be the greatest recognition of his work in the sands of time. Also, the Nikola Tesla Corner Sign situated in the crossroad of 40th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan will forever be a permanent reminder to all new Yorkers of the greatest genius inventor how loved on their soil (Hickman,

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