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Nikola Tesla - biografija

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Mehmed Duraki

pre 11 godina

Kao decak i gimnazijalac divio sam se Teslinim izumima. Tesla je bio najveci genije xx veka.
Danas zivim u Svajcarskoj gde cesto pricam o Tesli i njegovim izumima.Svuda vidim i pokazujem njegove izume. Ovde u centru Zürich-u stoji kopija Tesline turbine koju stalno pokazujem prijateljima. Danas je 14 Novembar 2012 i ja sam veceras na Nemackom ponosno pricao kolegama o Tesli.

Nikola Tesla ce sa njegovim dostignucima ostati vecito zapamcen.

Pozdrav svim dobrim i ucenim ljudima iz Ciriha.

Mehmed Duraki

NIK

pre 17 godina

Znam samo jedno, to da je Nikola Tesla najveći genijelac ovih prostora i svijeta. A to dali je on rođen u Austriji ili dali je Vuk rođen u Turskoj to je manje važno.
Da nije bilo Tesle današnjica bi puno drugačije izgledala. VELIKI NIKOLA TESLA!!!!

Stjepan

pre 17 godina

Bravo Viktor, samoljublje koje nas zaokuplja je
upravo i bitna razlika u ličnosti koja nas dijeli od skromnog Tesle.
Na svijetu ima jako puno zaniljivih,
kompleksnih i za znanost još neobjašnjivih fenomena,
koji su za neke ljudi, cije doba ocito još
nije došlo, sasvim normalni. Ako netko misli da nema takvih
genijalaca, varate se, treba pogledati dublje,
jer većina njih još uvijek čeka pravi trenutak.
Valjda su naučili nešto o pohlepi i dehumanizaciji modernog
društva na primjeru Tesle.

sava

pre 17 godina

Dobro kazes Viktor, nije zasluzio da mu bude slika na novcanici od 100 din.
Zasluzio je da bude na novcanici od 1000000000000... ali takve nema, pa je bolje i na toj na kojoj jeste nego ni na kojoj!

Aleksandar

pre 17 godina

PREUZETO SA :YAHOO.CANADA
Nikola Tesla
Born July 10, 1856 in Smiljan, a small village in Croatia, Nikola Tesla was the discoverer of the Alternating Current(AC) power system. His other contributions as an inventor are to numerous to mention here, I'll just give a few. These contributions include hydro electric generators, the AC power distribution system we still use today, the X-ray machine, MRI, the discovery of a rotating magnetic field, Radio and much, much more.
His most popular invention was discovering how to harness the power of Alternating Current.

The Two Phase Alternating Current induction motor.


The above video capture depicts the Tesla wireless transmission of electricity. The area in which you see a spark(in the center) is an area which contains the break down of 200,000 volts of electricity. The two wires on either side are connected to the white gas filled tube. The above reddish sign is not directly connected to the terminals. Click HERE to watch an AVI where the above capture was taken.
Tesla worked at the Continental Edison Company in Paris designing dynamos. While living in Europe he came up with the design of his AC induction motor and built a prototype and it worked. He traveled from Europe to America in 1884 and started work for Edison in New York. Eventually Tesla and Edison fought over DC and AC. Thomas Edison built his empire on DC, he didn't want to see it be destroyed.

Thomas Edison
The victor of the War of the Currents was AC power. Direct Current(DC) doesn't travel very well for long distances, it grows weaker with distance. AC power is more efficient because it can step up to high voltage. Through time the AC system was to be the only system used for distributing electrical power to businesses and homes.
Thomas Edison is credited with the invention of the light bulb and direct current. This is totally incorrect. You saw proof of an ancient Egyptian Light bulb. How can Edison be the inventor, when the ancient Egyptians had it before Edison's parents were even born?

The above system was designed by Nikola Tesla and is still in use today. A hydroelectric generator, AC power lines, a Tesla coil to step up to high frequency, distribution power lines, another Tesla coil to step down from high frequency and then electricity is used accordingly.
Telephone polls hold up AC power lines which deliver power to homes and businesses. In a storm, a branch from a tree could knock out power to customers by falling on these AC lines. There is an invention of Nikola Tesla's that I wish we were using today. The Wardenclyffe transmitter:

Wardenclyffe, a 154ft tower that was to be topped with a huge copper dome(when completed). Building one every so many miles would transmit electricity wireless all over the world.
J.P. Morgan had built one of the largest financial empires of the century. Nikola was invited to Morgan's home. Tesla asked J.P. Morgan for the money he needed to start the Wardenclyffe project. Morgan turned him down. Tesla offered him 51% of the patent rights to his inventions for $150,000.00. Morgan accepted.
Tesla was hoping other investors would get interested later on after the project took shape. Nikola ran out of money before it was completed. He went back to Morgan and asked for more money. Morgan loaned it to him. Delays in receiving new equipment plagued Tesla. His motors and dynamos were not easily produced because of their unusual design. Equipment for their manufacture had to be specially ordered. This caused unwanted delays. Tesla sought to have this project completed in nine months. After one year Morgan withdrew because he hadn't seen a return on his investment. His classic argument was, if any one can draw on the power, where do we put the meter?
I personally think if we install this system on earth today with modern materials, we can charge for the purchase of an antenna for each customer and a flat rate for the power consumed. Of course the antenna would be a "smart" antenna. It would only allow a certain maximum amount of power to be consumed at any given time. There are ways to implement this technology in a new social structure.

Marconi
The U.S. Supreme Court in 1943, held Marconi's most important patents invalid, recognizing Nikola Tesla's work more significant. Nikola Tesla is the true father of radio , not Marconi.... I discovered a web site which is devoted to Marconi, and it says that Marconi is "the father of radio!" (New Window) I would ask you please, email the author of that web site and make him/her understand the U.S. Supreme Courts decision in 1943. Nikola Tesla deserves credit for HIS inventions. Also follow this LINK. (New Window)
Michael Faraday
Tesla is preceded in greatness only by Michael Faraday who in 1831 rocked the scientific world with his discovery that magnetism can produce electricity...if it is accompanied by motion. Faraday discovered the principle, but not how to make it power the world; Tesla alone accomplished this singular feat.
Here is a task for you to try:
Go check your encyclopedia to find the answers to the following questions: (answers are given in parentheses)
1) Who invented the radio? (Marconi)
2) Who discovered X-rays? (Roentgen)
3) Who invented the vacuum tube amplifier? (Forest)
In fact, while you're at it, check to see who discovered the fluorescent bulb, neon lights, speedometer, the automobile ignition system, and the basics behind radar, electron microscope, and the microwave oven. Of course, the ancient Egyptians had the Light bulb before Tesla was born but that's beside the point here.
Chances are that you will see little mention of a guy named Nikola Tesla, the most famous scientist in the world at the turn of the century.
In fact, few people today have ever heard of the guy. Good old Thomas Edison made sure of that.
After all, Tesla was considered an eccentric who talked of death rays that could destroy 10,000 airplanes at a distance of 250 miles, claimed to be able split the Earth in two, believed that both voice and image could be transmitted through the air (in the late 1800's), and essentially told Edison to take his DC electrical system and st-ck it you k-ow w-ere.
In other words, anyone that has even heard of Tesla probably considers him to be a first class wacko.
But, the times are a changin'. The problem is that Tesla probably could do all these things that he claimed were possible. In fact, Tesla invented every single one of the items listed above (but gets no credit) and much more. Look around you and chances are Tesla is somehow responsible for most of the things that make modern life so modern.
Recap:
No doubt about it, Nikola Tesla is the greatest mind since da Vinci. Tesla had an extraordinary memory and spoke six languages. He spent four years at the Polytechnic Institute at Gratz studying math, physics, and mechanics.
What made Tesla great, however, was his amazing understanding of electricity. Remember that this was a time when electricity was still in its infancy. The lightbulb hadn't even been invented yet(of course it has; the ancient Egyptians had it!). When Tesla first came to the United States in 1884, he worked for Thomas Edison. Edison had just patented the lightbulb, so he needed a system to distribute electricity.
Edison had all sorts of problems with his DC system of electricity. He promised Tesla big bucks in bonuses if he could get the bugs out of the system. Tesla ended up saving Edison over $100,000 (millions of $$$ by today's dollars), but Edison refused to live up to his end of the bargain.
Tesla quit and Edison spent the rest of his life trying to squash Tesla's genius (and the main reason Tesla is unknown today).
Tesla devised a better system for electrical transmission - the AC (alternating current) system that we use in our homes today. AC offered great advantages over the DC system. By using Tesla's newly developed transformers, AC voltages could be stepped up and transmitted over long distances through thin wires. DC could not (requiring a large power plant every square mile while transmitting through very thick cables). Of course, a system of transmission would be incomplete without devices to run on them. So, he invented the motors that are used in every appliance in your home. This was no simple achievement - scientists of the late 1800's were convinced that no motor could be revised for an alternating current system, making the use of AC a waste of time.
After all, if the current reverses direction 60 times a second, the motor will rock back and forth and never get anywhere. Tesla solved this problem easily and proved everyone wrong.
He was using fluorescent bulbs in his lab some forty years before industry "invented" them. At World's Fairs and similar exhibitions, he took glass tubes and molded them into the shapes of famous scientists' names - the first neon signs that we see all around us today. I almost forgot - Tesla designed the world's first hydroelectric plant, located in Niagara Falls. He also patented the first speedometer for cars.
Word began to spread about his AC system and it eventually reached the ears of George Westinghouse. Tesla signed a contract with Westinghouse under which he would receive $2.50 for each kilowatt of AC electricity sold.
Suddenly, Tesla had the cash to start conducting all the experiments he ever dreamed of. But Edison had too much money invested in his DC system, so Tommy (Edison) did his best to discredit Tesla around every turn.
Edison constantly tried to show that AC electricity was far more dangerous than his DC power.
Tesla counteracted by staging his own marketing campaign. At the 1893 World Exposition in Chicago (attended by 21 million people), he demonstrated how safe AC electricity was by passing high frequency AC power through his body to power light bulbs. He then was able to shoot large lightning bolts from his Tesla coils to the crowd without harm. Nice trick!
When the royalties owed to Tesla started to exceed $1 million, Westinghouse ran into financial trouble. Tesla realized that if his contract remained in effect, Westinghouse would be out of business and he had no desire to deal with the creditors. His dream was to have cheap AC electric available to all people. Tesla took his contract and ripped it up! Instead of becoming the world's first billionaire, he was paid $216,600 outright for his patents.
In 1898, he demonstrated to the world the first remote controlled model boat at Madison Square Garden. So you can thank Tesla for the invention of those remote controlled planes, cars, and boats (and televisions!), also.
Tesla had a dream of providing free energy to the world. In 1900, backed by $150,000 from financier J.P. Morgan, Tesla began testing of his so called "Wireless Broadcasting System" tower on Long Island, New York. This broadcasting tower was intended to link the world's telephone and telegraph services, as well as transmit pictures, stock reports, and weather information worldwide.
Unfortunately, Morgan cut funding when he realized that it meant FREE energy for the world.
Many stories claim that the U. S. government destroyed the tower during World War One for fear that the German u-boat spies would use the tower as a landmark to navigate by. In reality, Tesla ran into financial trouble after Morgan cut funding for the project and the tower was sold for scrap to pay off creditors.
The world thought he was nuts - after all, transmission of voice, picture, and electricity was unheard of at this time.
What they didn't know was that Tesla had already demonstrated the principles behind radio nearly ten years before Marconi's supposed invention. In fact, in 1943 (the year Tesla died), the Supreme Court ruled that Marconi's patents were invalid due to Tesla's previous descriptions. Still, most references do not credit Tesla with the invention of radio. (Sidenote: Marconi's radio did not transmit voices - it transmitted a signal - something Tesla had years before.)
At this point, the press started to exaggerate Tesla's claims. Tesla reported that he had received radio signals from Mars and Venus. Today we know that he was actually receiving the signals from distant stars, but too little was known about the universe at that time. Instead, the press had a field day with his "outrageous" claims.
In his Manhattan lab, Tesla made the earth into an electric tuning fork. He managed to get a steam-driven oscillator to vibrate at the same frequency as the ground beneath him (like Ella Fitgerald breaking the glass with her voice in those old Memorex commercials). The result? An earthquake on all the surrounding city blocks. The buildings trembled, the windows broke, and the plaster fell off the walls.
Tesla contended that, in theory, the same principle could be used to destroy the Empire State Building or even possibly split the Earth in two. Tesla had accurately determined the resonant frequencies of the Earth almost 60 years before science could confirm his results.
Don't think he didn't attempt something like splitting the Earth open (well, sort of).
In his Colorado Springs lab in 1899, he sent waves of energy all the way through the Earth, causing them to bounce back to the source (providing the theory for today's accurate earthquake seismic stations). When the waves came back, he added more electricity to it.
The result? The largest man-made lightning bolt ever recorded - 130 feet! - a world's record still unbroken! The accompanying thunder was heard 22 miles away. The entire meadow surrounding his lab had a strange blue glow, similar to that of St. Elmo's Fire.
But, this was only a warm-up for his real experiment! Unfortunately, he blew out the local power plant's equipment and he was never able to repeat the experiment.
At the beginning of World War I, the government desperately searched for a way to detect German submarines. The government put Thomas Edison in charge of the search for a good method. Tesla proposed the use of energy waves - what we know today as radar - to detect these ships. Edison rejected Tesla's idea as ludicrous and the world had to wait another 25 years until it was invented.
His reward for a lifetime of creativity? The prized (to everyone but Tesla) Edison Medal! A real slap in the face after all the verbal abuse Tesla took from Edison.
The stories go on and on.
Industry's attempt (obviously very successful) to purge him from the scientific literature had driven him into exile for nearly twenty years. Lacking capital, he was forced to place his untested theories into countless notebooks.
The man who invented the modern world died nearly penniless at age 86 on January 7, 1943. More than two thousand people attended his funeral.
In his lifetime, Tesla received over 800 different patents. He probably would have exceeded Edison's record number if he wasn't always broke - he could afford very few patent applications during the last thirty years of his life. Unlike Edison, Tesla was an original thinker whose ideas typically had no precedent in science.
Unfortunately, the world does not financially reward people of Tesla's originality. We only award those that take these concepts and turn them into a refined, useful product.
Scientists today continue to scour through his notes. Many of his far flung theories are just now being proven by our top scientists. For example, the Tesla bladeless disk turbine engine that he designed, when coupled with modern materials, is proving to be among the most efficient motors ever designed. His 1901 patented experiments with cryogenic liquids and electricity provide the foundation for modern superconductors. He talked about experiments that suggested particles with fractional charges of an electron - something that scientists in 1977 finally discovered - quarks!

Hercegovac

pre 17 godina

Evo malo humora - u Hercegovini dica pivaju sledece:" Nikola Tesla sia u vesla, otisa u Ameriku i izmislia elektriku!"

Pozdrav svim dobrim ljudima

Xenija

pre 17 godina

JOs jedan inteersantan detalj/cinjenica iz Teslinog zivota. Mozda neko zna, ali za one koji ne znaju ...

Tesla i Mark Tvain su bili jedni od najboljih prijatelja. Izgleda da je Tesla pred smrt osim Milice cesto spominjao i Tvena. Cesto je o njemu govorio kao da je ziv (Tven je umreo barem 20 godina pre njega) i jako se ljutio kada je neko pokusavao da ga uveri u supratno.

Tesla i Tven su se upoznali vrlo brzo po Teslinom dolasku u Ameriku - na jednom od promocija Teslinog najvaznijego izuma - A/C. Svi se slazu da je Mark Tvain plako kada je upoznao Teslu. Jedino su misljenja iz proslosti oprecna zasto je Tvain plako. Neki kazu da je plako od srece
kada je saznao da je Teslina omoljena knijga iz detnjistva bila Tom Sojer. Po drugima, Mark Tvain nije plako od srece vec od besa - ubrzo po Teslinoj promociji je shvatio da je pogresno investirao u D/C umesto u A/C.

Jos nesto - tacno je da se o Tesli ne zna koliko bi trebalo i da je pred kraj zivota i posle smrti njegov rad bio zapostavljen. Ipak, Tesla je mnogo vise slavljen i uvazavan za zivota (od kad je dosao u Ameriku pa sve do pred kraj svog zivota Tesla se kretao u najvisim Njujorsim krugovima) nego sto sam ja npr. mislila i nego sto se u Srbiji predstavlja.

Tacno je da Amerikanci ne znaju mnogo o Tesli, mnogi cak za njega nisu culi. Nazalost, nista mi tu veliko, na globalnom planu ne mozemo da ucinimo. Licno i malo mozemo - ja npr u svom kjubiklu u Bostonu imam okacen Teslin poster. Kada me kolege na poslu pitaju ko je to, ja im objasnim.

Radule,

pre 17 godina

Nadam se da se ovo nece pogresno shvatiti??
kako dugo godina zivim u americi i kako sam usa-gradjanin a i srbije, puno puta sam se pitao ,kako to da drzva serbia nikad nije postavila pitanje nadoknade drzavi serbiji ,,a, razlog je ,, ceo vet zna da se usa-stekla dosta veliko bogastvo na Nikolinim - patentima???
I,bilo bi lepo da nekad neko ili neka komisija iz serbie pokrene pitanje u vezi nadoknade,, ubedjen sam da je to moguce,,pozdrav ...

jelena

pre 17 godina

Tesla je bio veliki covek, mi treba da prestanemo da se otimamo oko njegovog lika i dela, on je bio covek za sebe svaciji. O tome smo trebali misliti ranije pre nego sto je napustio zemlju, kao sto i danas mladi napustaju zemlju nebi li postigli uspeh u inostranstvu, i ostvarili svoje ambicije! To nam treba samo da bude opomena u buducnosti!

Dragana, USA

pre 17 godina

Sto se tice Teslinih razmisljanja o elektro-magnetnim talasima koje emituje mozak, preporucila bih dve knjige Spasoja Vlajica: “Razmisljajte kao Nikola Tesla” i “Lecenje mislima”, gde g-din Vlajic podrobno objasnjava talase i zracenja koja emituje mozak, a osnovno polaziste mu je Teslin rad na tom polju...

sanja ital.

pre 17 godina

Kao prvo,Teslu treba smatrati onako kako je on sam za sebe govorio.Koliko sam ja informisana,on se smatrao Jugoslovenom.Mozemo mi da pricamo sta hocemo,ali da se on pita,bio bi i srpski i hrvatski.U tome se ogleda njegova velicina,ne samo kao naucnika,vec i kao coveka,jer se ne stidi svog porekla.Ja bih rekla da se on kadkad osecao kao da je sa Marsa,a i pisalo se o njemu kao o coveku koji je dosao sa druge planete i tome sl.Zao mi je sto je u zivotu bio dosta tvrdoglav i odbijao da predje preko nekih uvreda:da je progutao koju,imao bi sredstva za ostvarivanje svojih ciljeva na polju nauke.
Mene,kao pesnika,vise interesuje njegovo razmisljanje o elektro-magnetnim talasima koje emituje mozak.Ako iko zna gde na netu mogu naci nesto o tome,molim da mi napise u komentaru.Hvala.

Rakoch

pre 17 godina

Postoje razliciti podaci o datumu Teslinog rodjenja: negdje pise 9. jul, negdje noc izmedju 9-og i 10-og, a najcesce 10. jul. Da li postoji zvanicna informacija o tome? Pozdrav i lijep dan onome ko ovo cita, hvala onome ko odgovori.

voja

pre 17 godina

...neko rece da bi nam trebao novi tesla. pa ljudi zar vam nije jasno; tesla je pre sto godina vozio auto na struju (100%), koji se tek sledece godine pojavljuje na trzistu. www.teslamotors.com. ...dok budu vladali ovi iz mraka nema tesle, nema atlantide, nema (pravog) puta u svemir, nema nista...dobra vest je da nezavisna grupa (pravih) naucnika radi
na (pravoj) konstrukciji teslinog tornja i pojavljuju se privatne inicijative sa privatnim fondacijama za (pravi) let u svemir koristeci
elektricne auto puteve...i tako dalje i tako blize

Zoran

pre 17 godina

За оне који умањују значај Тесле у светским размерама (Markoni, 23.јула: "...on (Тесла) ima svojih izuma... ali i nije tako velik na zapadu..." и "(паметњаковићи га) cisto slave kao za najpametnijeg naucnika na svetu samo zato sto je Srbin. Ako tako nesto kazes nekom zapadnjaku cisto ce se nasmejati" и сл), довољан је део говора са Теслине сахране:
"Nature and nature's laws lay hid by night. God said: Let Tesla be! and all was light!".

Alex

pre 17 godina

Svaki komentar je suvisan je vas blog "OTAC MODERNOG SVETA" sve govori.Onaj ko pronadje izumitelja koji je napravio veci napredak covecanstvu od kako covek postoji ima nagradu od 1000 evra. Dao bi mali komentar na greske koje se prave o TESLINOM rodjenju.TESLA je rodjen u Austriji a ne u Austro-Ugarskoj. Austro-Ugarska je nastala 1867.godine dakle 11 godina posle TESLINOG rodjenja. Dalje bi dao komentar na recenicu koja se gura TESLI uu usta i namerno se koristi u skracenoj verziji da bi se zloupotrebljavala i dobijala pogresno tumacenje. Pritom nikako nesmemo zaboraviti ni razdoblje u kom je izgovorena krajem maja 1936 u vreme stvaranja Jugoslovenstva. Pitanje je sada dali bi TESLA izgovorio tu istu recenicu 1942.godine prilikom ubistva njegovih 16 rodjaka. Recenica tj. telegram odgovora Maceku glsi ovako citiram:"Hvala na mnogo cenjenoj cestitki i pocasti, jednako sam ponosan na moj srpski rod i moju hrvatsku domovinu. Ziveli svi Jugosloveni. "Nikako ne smemo zaboraviti da je upravo TESLA bio jedan od glavnih lobista posle prvog svetskog rata za spajanje srpskoga naroda.

Radomir Zivanovic

pre 17 godina

Naveli ste korisne cinjenice a takodje prvi put je istaknuto da je zlatno doba Srbije (znaci nauke i medjunarodnog ugleda) bilo bas u Obrenovicevoj Srbiji. Nikad ni pre ni posle Srbi nisu proizveli ni jednog naucnika svetskog kalibra a iz tog vremena su bar tri svetske velicine: Milankovic, Pupin i Tesla i moze se dodati nas najveci matematicar Mihajlo Petrovic.
Na zalost, uvek se zanemari da se istakne da je Tesla otkrio nacin prenosa sile bez fizickog kontakta sto je bilo neshvatljivo nauci tog vremena. Nije u pitanju ni naizmenicna struja ni asinhroni motor nego obrtno elektromagnetno polje koje bez fizickog kontakta postaje najveci proizvodjac energije i najveca masina radilica svih vremena.
Sve to je uzgredni proizvod koncepta obrtnog magnetnog polja. Sa tim pronalazkom on je na nivou Arhimeda i njegovog zakona poluge i pronalaska masine koja radi na bazi toplotne energije. To su tri kamena temeljca celokupne industrijalizacije.

Nenad

pre 17 godina

Dirljivo je videti kako su u Hrvatskoj iznenada "zavoleli" Teslu. A 90'tih su mu rodnu kucu i crkvu digli u vazduh!!Procitah tezu da se Tesla rodio u Hrvatskoj !? Hrvatska kao DRZAVA tada nije ni postojala pa je besmislena prica da je rodjen u njoj (ne kazem da nije postojao hrvatski narod). To je jednako besmisleno kao kad bi smo rekli da je grcki matematicar Arhimed (najveci u istoriji) rodjen u Italiji ! On je rodjen na ostrvu Sicilija (u mestu Sirakuza) koje DANAS pripada Italiji, ali tada je istocna Sicilija bila Sirakuska republika, jedna od mnogih grckih drzavica. Puno vekova je trebalo cekati dok nije nastala Italija. Ili kao kad bi smo rekli da je grcki pesnik Homer rodjen u Turskoj, i da je Trojanski rat bio u istoj drzavi. U vreme Homera i Trojanskog rata to je bila Grcka. Za Tursku je trebalo jos puno cekati. MIHAJLO PUPIN, drugi srpski genije, koji je omogucio, pored ostalog, da se telefonom moze zvati ne susedna zgrada (kao pre njega), nego drugi kontinent, rodio se u DANASNJOJ Srbiji (selo Idvor,1854.g) ali u to vreme to je bila Austrija. Cudi me da u Hrvatskoj ne spominju i treceg srpskog genija MILUTINA MILANKOVICA. Ovaj genijalni naucnik koji je objasnio nastanak ledenih doba i cije ime nosi jedna medjunarodna (evropska) nagrada, rodjen je u Dalju (1879.g), na obali Dunava, u DANASNJOJ Hrvatskoj, a tada je to bila takodje Austrija. Na zalost, ni vecina srba ne zna za njega (inace, jedan krater na Marsu i Mesecu nosi njegovo ime) a u Hrvatskoj ga jos nisu "zavoleli". Ucinice to valjda, kad bude popularniji kao Tesla na primer. Usput receno, njegova kuca u Dalju je u polurazrusenom stanju....
One kojima smeta da se diskutuje o Teslinom nacionalnom poreklu,uputio bih na "Enciklopediu Britanicu" (internet izdanje). O engleskim genijima Njutnu,Darvinu,Sekspiru ne pise da su evropljani,kosmopoliti, internacionalcu,ili da su rodjeni u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu, Velikoj Britaniji ili da je njihova nacionalnost nebitna za engleze...Ne,tamo jednostavno pise da su - englezi.Ni manje ni vise.Za engleze je to ocigledno bitno.
Da dodam, prvi predsednik Srpske akademije nauka je bio hrvat Josif Pancic, i niko mu zbog toga ovde nije porusio spomenik.

Dario

pre 17 godina

Ljudi moji, vi svi govorite npr. bio je Srbin, bio je Hrvat, bio je Amer; i svi govorite u njegovo ime samo da bi svako od vas zadovoljio svoje nacionalne strasti. Taj aspekt njegovog života sudite po tome kao se on osjećao, GENIJALAC iz Smiljana u HRVATSKOJ rekao je i uvijek je ponavljao:
"Ponosim se svojim SRPSKIM rodom i HRVATSKOM domovinom".
Prema tome izrazi kao, "rođen u Austro-ugarskoj", "rođen na teritoriju sadašnje Hrvtaske" (kao jda e to tada bio Bangladeš), ne odgovaraju istini!

Kistanjac

pre 17 godina

Evo jedna mala informacija vezana za setru Nikole Tesle
Angelinu Trbojevic rodj. Tesla, i danas postoji grob sa njenim Epitafom. Pogledaj video razglednicu na str .www.moje-kistanje.net
Kazu da je i sam Nikola posjetio u Kistanjama! Bilo bi ljepo da se neko zainteresira o tome i sazna tu sitnicu o zivotu Velikog Uma!
Kazu da i postoje neki zapisi o tome, ali jos uvjek to nije nigdje objavljeno!!!!

Aleks

pre 17 godina

Strasno je kada se jedan genije shvati TEK nakon smrti. Danasnji geniji hodaju ovom planetom i mnogi od njih bi mogli biti nove Tesle ali ih drustvo ne shvata vec potiskuje glupostima. Zelim reci da treba podrzavati velike umove da rade a ne nazivati ih budalama, ludacima i odbacivati ih od sebe. Tesla 4ever!

Nole,Loznica

pre 17 godina

Često pomislim da kada bi se na svetu ikada rodio samo jedan čovek koji bi imao makar približno jednak umni potencijal koji je imao Nikola Tesla čovečanstvo više nikada ne bi imalo potrebu za bilo kakvim novim izvorom energije koji bi bio neekološki ili uopšte nedostupan bilo kome!Ko reši pitanje jeftine energije u budućnosti rešiće enigmu moderne civilizacije!

Zlatko, USA

pre 17 godina

Tesla je bio Srbin rodjen u Austrougarskoj. Svoju slavu je ostvario u Americi pa je tako Americki naucnik Srpskog porekla. Skolovao se koliko znam u Gracu. Kakav je tu uticaj Hrvatske ne razumem, ali Austrougarske ogroman. Pre je duzan Austrijancima nego Hrvatima. A zalosno je to sto njegova etnicka pripadnost smeta tolikima. Pozdrav iz Amerike koju je osvetlio Tesla

Pametni

pre 17 godina

E pa ovako ljudi. Procitao sam sve komentare i evo sta cu vam reci. Sto se tice toga ciji je Tesla, borba oko mrtvog coveka koji ne moze da se o tome izjasni je u najmanju ruku debilska. On je bio samo veliki genije i nista vise. O tome sta prepametni Ameri misle o njemu nije me briga, ali oni ce ga shvatiti za jedno 800 godina. Mislim da ce njegove genijalne ideje ostati jos dugo misterija kao Macu Pikcu ili piramide u Egiptu. Mozda ce nekad neko shvatiti te ideje onako kako ih je Tesla video i razvijao. Do tada spavaj planeto!!!

Manda

pre 17 godina

Ponosam sam što je bio Srbin i sretan što je otišao u Ameriku jer da je ostao kod kuće vjerovatno ne bi umro 1943, već 1941...
(Rade, 26. jul 2006 13:12)
BRAVO Rade, bas u sridu pogodi. Umro bi tad, pardon zaklan-poginuo.... 1941, pod sahovnicom, te bi mu i danas odavali sve ljudske pocasti pod sahovnicom. Ispricavam se, ali objasnite mi sto je razlika u ovih j..ih 50-60 godina. Predlazem da b92 napravi reportazu o Smiljanima danas, o sastasvu stanovnistva, koje je prije 1941 pretezno bilo... koliko ja znam. Sto je sa tadasnjim prezimenima koja su pripadala drugoj vjeroispovjesti, a danas su... Uradimo historijki skrining na najednostavniji nacin. Vidjecemo danas koliko su ti nekad omrzeni fasisticki ciljevi uspjeli ili ne. Sto je sa Teslama i Mandicima (majka NT je bila Mandic) danas.

Rade

pre 17 godina

Ko je bio Nikola Tesla je nemoguće opisati. Njegov život i djelo su toliko iznad prosječnog čovjeka da je upoređenje besmisleno. Rijetki su ljudi o kojima možeš govoriti samo lijepo i u superlativima.
Ponosam sam što je bio Srbin i sretan što je otišao u Ameriku jer da je ostao kod kuće vjerovatno ne bi umro 1943, već 1941...

Branko Stanić, Šabac

pre 17 godina

Nikola Tesla - biografija

Тесла није био геније који се бавио претпоставкама и теоријама, па да будуће генерације побијају или потврђује његове мисли. Он је без грешке осећао појаве у природи. Знао је тачно законе по којима се оне одвијају и директно их претакао у изуме тако да никоме није остављао простора да га касније оспорава или побија.

zagi

pre 17 godina

Kao prvo, da je Niki Tesla bio amer, ceo svet bi ga slavio kao nadčoveka. Nažalost, Srbima nije do veličanja ni promocije svojih pravih velikana. Kao drugo, Tesla nije rodjen u hrvatskoj. Tesla je bio kosmopolita srpskoga roda.

smiljan srpski

pre 17 godina

Srbijo sram te bilo!!! Do danasnjeg dana ne postoje prevedena i dostupni spisi Nikole Tesle, ne postoji institucija koja se bavi stalnim proucavanjem njegovih ideja i radova. Ne postoje sabrana djela Nikole Tesle. Muzejska postavka je s obzirom na broj predmeta i kako bi sve moglo da izgleda vise nego jadna za obilazak muzeja potrebno je manje od 20 minuta, stidi se Srbijo!!!

ATR

pre 17 godina

Cilj ovih tekstova nije da se raspravljamo oko toga da li je Tesla Srbin ili Hrvat i gde je rodjen vec da se svi upoznaju sa njegovim likom i delom. Tesla je pre svega bio pronalazac ciji su izumi promenili svet. Ovu cinjenicu nece promeniti to ciji je ili gde je rodjen.

Victor

pre 17 godina

Sve je od sebe svima dao, nista nije trazio za sebe i dobio je citav svet, ime u istoriji i beskonacnost.

Koliko veliki naucnik, toliko i veliki mislilac i primer svetosti. Toliko veliki da bi njegova misao i stav trebalo da bude svetiljka duhovnosti u udzbenicima nase dece, da imaju valjan primer za svrsishovit zivot, solidarnost, davanje i ljubav prema svetu i coveku.

Kada bi Srbi postali svesni kakvog duhovnog i naucnog giganta su imali, mozda bi shvatili koliko je skromnost nadmocna u odnosu na lazno samoljublje kojim smo okupirani.

markoni

pre 17 godina

dr. Evil,

Tesla je bio pametan covek, on ima svojih izuma koji su vazni ali i nije tako velik na zapadu kao sto ga mi slavimo. Kao prvo sve sto mi mislimo o Tesli u zapadu se misli za Edisona, ko je po meni kao Gates danas. On je kupio patente i onda ih je komercijalizirao. Ima dosta tih naucnika u tome vremenu koji su svi radili u istim stvarima. Tesla je jedan od njih ali ne i najveci.

Ja mislim da je pametno da se on slavi kao naucnik ali u Balkanu kao i sve druge stvari mora da se sve nacionalizira. On je bio Srbin bla bla bla. Ako je bio Srbin on se vaspitao u Hrvatskoj. I Hrvati mogu da kazu da ima njihove skole, to mogu da tvrde da Austrijanci i Cesi. A naravno da su mu Amerikanci dali sta mu treba da radi. Znaci on je Srbin rodjen u Hrvatskoj sto je i ispravno. Hrvatska je u to vreme bila okupirana od Austro-Ungarske.
Daj boze da mi svi u Balkanu imamo vise Tesli i manje pametnakovica kojima je vaznije sta je Tesla od toga sta je Tesla uradio za nauku i covecanstvo. Takvi niti znaju tacno sta je on uradio pa ga cisto slave kao za najpametnijeg naucnika na svetu samo zato sto je Srbin. Ako tako nesto kazes nekom zapadnjaku cisto ce se nasmejati.

Velebit

pre 17 godina

ej Andrej i istoricar , pa mozel ista proci bez nacionalizma , znaci moj sin je rodjen u Egiptu i sad je on Egipcanin . Zasto Vam smeta sto je cuveni N.Tesla rodjen u Hrvatskoj . Pa nemoze on biti Austrijanac. Nego ostaje nas kako ga svi i tretiraju...

istoricar

pre 17 godina

Bravo Andeju iz Firence za opasku koja je vise nego tacna. Tesla zaista nema blage veze sa Hrvatskom ali je ocigledno da je ovaj velikan bio neophodan da srpski i hrvatski predsednici i premijeri pocnu da delaju suvislije i mimo ustaljene prakse. Na zalost, ja ne vidim cime se srpska drzava oduzila Velikom Geniju na pomen cijeg imena, bas kao sto je slucaj i sa Svetim Savom, treba ustati i pokloniti se. Uvek.

Andrej

pre 17 godina

Mala Ispravka - Naime, odredjeni mediji pokusavaju da plasiraju tvrdnju kako je Nikola Tesla toboze Srbin iz Hrvatske. U pitanju je kardinalna greska posto je veliki naucnik rodjen 1856 godine, u vreme kada je selo Smiljan pripadalo drzavi pod imenom Austrougarska. Znaci, ispravna tvrdnja jeste da je Nikola Tesla Srbin iz Austro-Ugarske

Pozdravi iz Firence

DrEvil

pre 17 godina

Tesla je bio genije i nije preterano reci da je zaduzio ceo svet pronalaskom naizmenicne struje i trofaznog motora. Uzasno me je uvredilo kada sam gledao polucasovnu emisiju na po meni najgoroj stanici u americi "History Channel" o "ratu struja" izmedju Edisona i VESTINGHAUSA gde je Tesla bio spomenut na dva sekunda kao neko ko je pored Markonija radio na istom polju ali nije pronasao radio. Na kraju emisije je kao u nekoj romansiranoj biografiji receno da i pored toga sto je jednosmerna struja izgubila u tom ratu, 1500 domacinstava u Njujorku su u dalje VERNA Edisonovoj zaostavstini pa koriste jednosmernu struju. Ko zeli da vidi sta u Vebsteru pise o Tesli neka ukuca "Tesla" na www.m-w.com
Varamo se ako mislimo da ga ceo svet ceni i slavi kao i mi. Jednom sam o tome pricao sa kolegom amerikancem koji je na moju izjavu da je Tesla bio najveci pronalazac odgovorio: "Bendzamin Frenkilin je takodje bio veliki pronalazac, pronasao je gromobran." Ipak nismo u Teslinoj oblasti, verujem da su inzinjeri mnogo bolje informisani po tom pitanju.

Nenad011

pre 17 godina

Mislim da bi mlade talnetovane ljude trebalo bolje upoznati sa Teslinim radovima pa se mozda pojavi neki novi nastavljac njegovog dela.Ovako ako samo pominjemo Teslu kao pricu iz proslosti imacemo od svega jedino jubilej.

Peca

pre 17 godina

Gde li su sada face iz SP Crkve da proglase i jednog naučnika, a na prvom mestu čoveka koji je zadužio svet a umro u bedi jer mu svet nije verovao, za svetog. Pa da ga se sećaju i slave (kao slavu) sva pokolenja našega naroda. A njegova ličnost da bude uzor po kome će mo vaspitavati našu decu !!!???

marjan Pozarevac

pre 17 godina

Ponosni smo sto je Srbin i sto posle toliko godina preko njegovog imena i dela ulazimo tamo gde nam je i mesto, na vrh Evrope.

alexandra

pre 17 godina

Malo njih koji govore o Tesli zna da je u mladosti voleo Milicu iz svog kraja, cak je na samrti spomenuo njeno ime...ona je izgleda bila jedino neresivo, neobjasnjivo, nedokucivo za Nikolu...

Snezana

pre 17 godina

Nesto mi bode oci kako malo komentara ima na clanke o Teslinom zivotu. Zar ga je njegov narod vec zaboravio? Ja sam jos uvek ponosna kada neko kaze da radi na MRI scanner-u od 1.5 Tesla....

NIK

pre 17 godina

Znam samo jedno, to da je Nikola Tesla najveći genijelac ovih prostora i svijeta. A to dali je on rođen u Austriji ili dali je Vuk rođen u Turskoj to je manje važno.
Da nije bilo Tesle današnjica bi puno drugačije izgledala. VELIKI NIKOLA TESLA!!!!

Nenad

pre 17 godina

Dirljivo je videti kako su u Hrvatskoj iznenada "zavoleli" Teslu. A 90'tih su mu rodnu kucu i crkvu digli u vazduh!!Procitah tezu da se Tesla rodio u Hrvatskoj !? Hrvatska kao DRZAVA tada nije ni postojala pa je besmislena prica da je rodjen u njoj (ne kazem da nije postojao hrvatski narod). To je jednako besmisleno kao kad bi smo rekli da je grcki matematicar Arhimed (najveci u istoriji) rodjen u Italiji ! On je rodjen na ostrvu Sicilija (u mestu Sirakuza) koje DANAS pripada Italiji, ali tada je istocna Sicilija bila Sirakuska republika, jedna od mnogih grckih drzavica. Puno vekova je trebalo cekati dok nije nastala Italija. Ili kao kad bi smo rekli da je grcki pesnik Homer rodjen u Turskoj, i da je Trojanski rat bio u istoj drzavi. U vreme Homera i Trojanskog rata to je bila Grcka. Za Tursku je trebalo jos puno cekati. MIHAJLO PUPIN, drugi srpski genije, koji je omogucio, pored ostalog, da se telefonom moze zvati ne susedna zgrada (kao pre njega), nego drugi kontinent, rodio se u DANASNJOJ Srbiji (selo Idvor,1854.g) ali u to vreme to je bila Austrija. Cudi me da u Hrvatskoj ne spominju i treceg srpskog genija MILUTINA MILANKOVICA. Ovaj genijalni naucnik koji je objasnio nastanak ledenih doba i cije ime nosi jedna medjunarodna (evropska) nagrada, rodjen je u Dalju (1879.g), na obali Dunava, u DANASNJOJ Hrvatskoj, a tada je to bila takodje Austrija. Na zalost, ni vecina srba ne zna za njega (inace, jedan krater na Marsu i Mesecu nosi njegovo ime) a u Hrvatskoj ga jos nisu "zavoleli". Ucinice to valjda, kad bude popularniji kao Tesla na primer. Usput receno, njegova kuca u Dalju je u polurazrusenom stanju....
One kojima smeta da se diskutuje o Teslinom nacionalnom poreklu,uputio bih na "Enciklopediu Britanicu" (internet izdanje). O engleskim genijima Njutnu,Darvinu,Sekspiru ne pise da su evropljani,kosmopoliti, internacionalcu,ili da su rodjeni u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu, Velikoj Britaniji ili da je njihova nacionalnost nebitna za engleze...Ne,tamo jednostavno pise da su - englezi.Ni manje ni vise.Za engleze je to ocigledno bitno.
Da dodam, prvi predsednik Srpske akademije nauka je bio hrvat Josif Pancic, i niko mu zbog toga ovde nije porusio spomenik.

Xenija

pre 17 godina

JOs jedan inteersantan detalj/cinjenica iz Teslinog zivota. Mozda neko zna, ali za one koji ne znaju ...

Tesla i Mark Tvain su bili jedni od najboljih prijatelja. Izgleda da je Tesla pred smrt osim Milice cesto spominjao i Tvena. Cesto je o njemu govorio kao da je ziv (Tven je umreo barem 20 godina pre njega) i jako se ljutio kada je neko pokusavao da ga uveri u supratno.

Tesla i Tven su se upoznali vrlo brzo po Teslinom dolasku u Ameriku - na jednom od promocija Teslinog najvaznijego izuma - A/C. Svi se slazu da je Mark Tvain plako kada je upoznao Teslu. Jedino su misljenja iz proslosti oprecna zasto je Tvain plako. Neki kazu da je plako od srece
kada je saznao da je Teslina omoljena knijga iz detnjistva bila Tom Sojer. Po drugima, Mark Tvain nije plako od srece vec od besa - ubrzo po Teslinoj promociji je shvatio da je pogresno investirao u D/C umesto u A/C.

Jos nesto - tacno je da se o Tesli ne zna koliko bi trebalo i da je pred kraj zivota i posle smrti njegov rad bio zapostavljen. Ipak, Tesla je mnogo vise slavljen i uvazavan za zivota (od kad je dosao u Ameriku pa sve do pred kraj svog zivota Tesla se kretao u najvisim Njujorsim krugovima) nego sto sam ja npr. mislila i nego sto se u Srbiji predstavlja.

Tacno je da Amerikanci ne znaju mnogo o Tesli, mnogi cak za njega nisu culi. Nazalost, nista mi tu veliko, na globalnom planu ne mozemo da ucinimo. Licno i malo mozemo - ja npr u svom kjubiklu u Bostonu imam okacen Teslin poster. Kada me kolege na poslu pitaju ko je to, ja im objasnim.

sava

pre 17 godina

Dobro kazes Viktor, nije zasluzio da mu bude slika na novcanici od 100 din.
Zasluzio je da bude na novcanici od 1000000000000... ali takve nema, pa je bolje i na toj na kojoj jeste nego ni na kojoj!

voja

pre 17 godina

...neko rece da bi nam trebao novi tesla. pa ljudi zar vam nije jasno; tesla je pre sto godina vozio auto na struju (100%), koji se tek sledece godine pojavljuje na trzistu. www.teslamotors.com. ...dok budu vladali ovi iz mraka nema tesle, nema atlantide, nema (pravog) puta u svemir, nema nista...dobra vest je da nezavisna grupa (pravih) naucnika radi
na (pravoj) konstrukciji teslinog tornja i pojavljuju se privatne inicijative sa privatnim fondacijama za (pravi) let u svemir koristeci
elektricne auto puteve...i tako dalje i tako blize

Stjepan

pre 17 godina

Bravo Viktor, samoljublje koje nas zaokuplja je
upravo i bitna razlika u ličnosti koja nas dijeli od skromnog Tesle.
Na svijetu ima jako puno zaniljivih,
kompleksnih i za znanost još neobjašnjivih fenomena,
koji su za neke ljudi, cije doba ocito još
nije došlo, sasvim normalni. Ako netko misli da nema takvih
genijalaca, varate se, treba pogledati dublje,
jer većina njih još uvijek čeka pravi trenutak.
Valjda su naučili nešto o pohlepi i dehumanizaciji modernog
društva na primjeru Tesle.

Radule,

pre 17 godina

Nadam se da se ovo nece pogresno shvatiti??
kako dugo godina zivim u americi i kako sam usa-gradjanin a i srbije, puno puta sam se pitao ,kako to da drzva serbia nikad nije postavila pitanje nadoknade drzavi serbiji ,,a, razlog je ,, ceo vet zna da se usa-stekla dosta veliko bogastvo na Nikolinim - patentima???
I,bilo bi lepo da nekad neko ili neka komisija iz serbie pokrene pitanje u vezi nadoknade,, ubedjen sam da je to moguce,,pozdrav ...

Aleksandar

pre 17 godina

PREUZETO SA :YAHOO.CANADA
Nikola Tesla
Born July 10, 1856 in Smiljan, a small village in Croatia, Nikola Tesla was the discoverer of the Alternating Current(AC) power system. His other contributions as an inventor are to numerous to mention here, I'll just give a few. These contributions include hydro electric generators, the AC power distribution system we still use today, the X-ray machine, MRI, the discovery of a rotating magnetic field, Radio and much, much more.
His most popular invention was discovering how to harness the power of Alternating Current.

The Two Phase Alternating Current induction motor.


The above video capture depicts the Tesla wireless transmission of electricity. The area in which you see a spark(in the center) is an area which contains the break down of 200,000 volts of electricity. The two wires on either side are connected to the white gas filled tube. The above reddish sign is not directly connected to the terminals. Click HERE to watch an AVI where the above capture was taken.
Tesla worked at the Continental Edison Company in Paris designing dynamos. While living in Europe he came up with the design of his AC induction motor and built a prototype and it worked. He traveled from Europe to America in 1884 and started work for Edison in New York. Eventually Tesla and Edison fought over DC and AC. Thomas Edison built his empire on DC, he didn't want to see it be destroyed.

Thomas Edison
The victor of the War of the Currents was AC power. Direct Current(DC) doesn't travel very well for long distances, it grows weaker with distance. AC power is more efficient because it can step up to high voltage. Through time the AC system was to be the only system used for distributing electrical power to businesses and homes.
Thomas Edison is credited with the invention of the light bulb and direct current. This is totally incorrect. You saw proof of an ancient Egyptian Light bulb. How can Edison be the inventor, when the ancient Egyptians had it before Edison's parents were even born?

The above system was designed by Nikola Tesla and is still in use today. A hydroelectric generator, AC power lines, a Tesla coil to step up to high frequency, distribution power lines, another Tesla coil to step down from high frequency and then electricity is used accordingly.
Telephone polls hold up AC power lines which deliver power to homes and businesses. In a storm, a branch from a tree could knock out power to customers by falling on these AC lines. There is an invention of Nikola Tesla's that I wish we were using today. The Wardenclyffe transmitter:

Wardenclyffe, a 154ft tower that was to be topped with a huge copper dome(when completed). Building one every so many miles would transmit electricity wireless all over the world.
J.P. Morgan had built one of the largest financial empires of the century. Nikola was invited to Morgan's home. Tesla asked J.P. Morgan for the money he needed to start the Wardenclyffe project. Morgan turned him down. Tesla offered him 51% of the patent rights to his inventions for $150,000.00. Morgan accepted.
Tesla was hoping other investors would get interested later on after the project took shape. Nikola ran out of money before it was completed. He went back to Morgan and asked for more money. Morgan loaned it to him. Delays in receiving new equipment plagued Tesla. His motors and dynamos were not easily produced because of their unusual design. Equipment for their manufacture had to be specially ordered. This caused unwanted delays. Tesla sought to have this project completed in nine months. After one year Morgan withdrew because he hadn't seen a return on his investment. His classic argument was, if any one can draw on the power, where do we put the meter?
I personally think if we install this system on earth today with modern materials, we can charge for the purchase of an antenna for each customer and a flat rate for the power consumed. Of course the antenna would be a "smart" antenna. It would only allow a certain maximum amount of power to be consumed at any given time. There are ways to implement this technology in a new social structure.

Marconi
The U.S. Supreme Court in 1943, held Marconi's most important patents invalid, recognizing Nikola Tesla's work more significant. Nikola Tesla is the true father of radio , not Marconi.... I discovered a web site which is devoted to Marconi, and it says that Marconi is "the father of radio!" (New Window) I would ask you please, email the author of that web site and make him/her understand the U.S. Supreme Courts decision in 1943. Nikola Tesla deserves credit for HIS inventions. Also follow this LINK. (New Window)
Michael Faraday
Tesla is preceded in greatness only by Michael Faraday who in 1831 rocked the scientific world with his discovery that magnetism can produce electricity...if it is accompanied by motion. Faraday discovered the principle, but not how to make it power the world; Tesla alone accomplished this singular feat.
Here is a task for you to try:
Go check your encyclopedia to find the answers to the following questions: (answers are given in parentheses)
1) Who invented the radio? (Marconi)
2) Who discovered X-rays? (Roentgen)
3) Who invented the vacuum tube amplifier? (Forest)
In fact, while you're at it, check to see who discovered the fluorescent bulb, neon lights, speedometer, the automobile ignition system, and the basics behind radar, electron microscope, and the microwave oven. Of course, the ancient Egyptians had the Light bulb before Tesla was born but that's beside the point here.
Chances are that you will see little mention of a guy named Nikola Tesla, the most famous scientist in the world at the turn of the century.
In fact, few people today have ever heard of the guy. Good old Thomas Edison made sure of that.
After all, Tesla was considered an eccentric who talked of death rays that could destroy 10,000 airplanes at a distance of 250 miles, claimed to be able split the Earth in two, believed that both voice and image could be transmitted through the air (in the late 1800's), and essentially told Edison to take his DC electrical system and st-ck it you k-ow w-ere.
In other words, anyone that has even heard of Tesla probably considers him to be a first class wacko.
But, the times are a changin'. The problem is that Tesla probably could do all these things that he claimed were possible. In fact, Tesla invented every single one of the items listed above (but gets no credit) and much more. Look around you and chances are Tesla is somehow responsible for most of the things that make modern life so modern.
Recap:
No doubt about it, Nikola Tesla is the greatest mind since da Vinci. Tesla had an extraordinary memory and spoke six languages. He spent four years at the Polytechnic Institute at Gratz studying math, physics, and mechanics.
What made Tesla great, however, was his amazing understanding of electricity. Remember that this was a time when electricity was still in its infancy. The lightbulb hadn't even been invented yet(of course it has; the ancient Egyptians had it!). When Tesla first came to the United States in 1884, he worked for Thomas Edison. Edison had just patented the lightbulb, so he needed a system to distribute electricity.
Edison had all sorts of problems with his DC system of electricity. He promised Tesla big bucks in bonuses if he could get the bugs out of the system. Tesla ended up saving Edison over $100,000 (millions of $$$ by today's dollars), but Edison refused to live up to his end of the bargain.
Tesla quit and Edison spent the rest of his life trying to squash Tesla's genius (and the main reason Tesla is unknown today).
Tesla devised a better system for electrical transmission - the AC (alternating current) system that we use in our homes today. AC offered great advantages over the DC system. By using Tesla's newly developed transformers, AC voltages could be stepped up and transmitted over long distances through thin wires. DC could not (requiring a large power plant every square mile while transmitting through very thick cables). Of course, a system of transmission would be incomplete without devices to run on them. So, he invented the motors that are used in every appliance in your home. This was no simple achievement - scientists of the late 1800's were convinced that no motor could be revised for an alternating current system, making the use of AC a waste of time.
After all, if the current reverses direction 60 times a second, the motor will rock back and forth and never get anywhere. Tesla solved this problem easily and proved everyone wrong.
He was using fluorescent bulbs in his lab some forty years before industry "invented" them. At World's Fairs and similar exhibitions, he took glass tubes and molded them into the shapes of famous scientists' names - the first neon signs that we see all around us today. I almost forgot - Tesla designed the world's first hydroelectric plant, located in Niagara Falls. He also patented the first speedometer for cars.
Word began to spread about his AC system and it eventually reached the ears of George Westinghouse. Tesla signed a contract with Westinghouse under which he would receive $2.50 for each kilowatt of AC electricity sold.
Suddenly, Tesla had the cash to start conducting all the experiments he ever dreamed of. But Edison had too much money invested in his DC system, so Tommy (Edison) did his best to discredit Tesla around every turn.
Edison constantly tried to show that AC electricity was far more dangerous than his DC power.
Tesla counteracted by staging his own marketing campaign. At the 1893 World Exposition in Chicago (attended by 21 million people), he demonstrated how safe AC electricity was by passing high frequency AC power through his body to power light bulbs. He then was able to shoot large lightning bolts from his Tesla coils to the crowd without harm. Nice trick!
When the royalties owed to Tesla started to exceed $1 million, Westinghouse ran into financial trouble. Tesla realized that if his contract remained in effect, Westinghouse would be out of business and he had no desire to deal with the creditors. His dream was to have cheap AC electric available to all people. Tesla took his contract and ripped it up! Instead of becoming the world's first billionaire, he was paid $216,600 outright for his patents.
In 1898, he demonstrated to the world the first remote controlled model boat at Madison Square Garden. So you can thank Tesla for the invention of those remote controlled planes, cars, and boats (and televisions!), also.
Tesla had a dream of providing free energy to the world. In 1900, backed by $150,000 from financier J.P. Morgan, Tesla began testing of his so called "Wireless Broadcasting System" tower on Long Island, New York. This broadcasting tower was intended to link the world's telephone and telegraph services, as well as transmit pictures, stock reports, and weather information worldwide.
Unfortunately, Morgan cut funding when he realized that it meant FREE energy for the world.
Many stories claim that the U. S. government destroyed the tower during World War One for fear that the German u-boat spies would use the tower as a landmark to navigate by. In reality, Tesla ran into financial trouble after Morgan cut funding for the project and the tower was sold for scrap to pay off creditors.
The world thought he was nuts - after all, transmission of voice, picture, and electricity was unheard of at this time.
What they didn't know was that Tesla had already demonstrated the principles behind radio nearly ten years before Marconi's supposed invention. In fact, in 1943 (the year Tesla died), the Supreme Court ruled that Marconi's patents were invalid due to Tesla's previous descriptions. Still, most references do not credit Tesla with the invention of radio. (Sidenote: Marconi's radio did not transmit voices - it transmitted a signal - something Tesla had years before.)
At this point, the press started to exaggerate Tesla's claims. Tesla reported that he had received radio signals from Mars and Venus. Today we know that he was actually receiving the signals from distant stars, but too little was known about the universe at that time. Instead, the press had a field day with his "outrageous" claims.
In his Manhattan lab, Tesla made the earth into an electric tuning fork. He managed to get a steam-driven oscillator to vibrate at the same frequency as the ground beneath him (like Ella Fitgerald breaking the glass with her voice in those old Memorex commercials). The result? An earthquake on all the surrounding city blocks. The buildings trembled, the windows broke, and the plaster fell off the walls.
Tesla contended that, in theory, the same principle could be used to destroy the Empire State Building or even possibly split the Earth in two. Tesla had accurately determined the resonant frequencies of the Earth almost 60 years before science could confirm his results.
Don't think he didn't attempt something like splitting the Earth open (well, sort of).
In his Colorado Springs lab in 1899, he sent waves of energy all the way through the Earth, causing them to bounce back to the source (providing the theory for today's accurate earthquake seismic stations). When the waves came back, he added more electricity to it.
The result? The largest man-made lightning bolt ever recorded - 130 feet! - a world's record still unbroken! The accompanying thunder was heard 22 miles away. The entire meadow surrounding his lab had a strange blue glow, similar to that of St. Elmo's Fire.
But, this was only a warm-up for his real experiment! Unfortunately, he blew out the local power plant's equipment and he was never able to repeat the experiment.
At the beginning of World War I, the government desperately searched for a way to detect German submarines. The government put Thomas Edison in charge of the search for a good method. Tesla proposed the use of energy waves - what we know today as radar - to detect these ships. Edison rejected Tesla's idea as ludicrous and the world had to wait another 25 years until it was invented.
His reward for a lifetime of creativity? The prized (to everyone but Tesla) Edison Medal! A real slap in the face after all the verbal abuse Tesla took from Edison.
The stories go on and on.
Industry's attempt (obviously very successful) to purge him from the scientific literature had driven him into exile for nearly twenty years. Lacking capital, he was forced to place his untested theories into countless notebooks.
The man who invented the modern world died nearly penniless at age 86 on January 7, 1943. More than two thousand people attended his funeral.
In his lifetime, Tesla received over 800 different patents. He probably would have exceeded Edison's record number if he wasn't always broke - he could afford very few patent applications during the last thirty years of his life. Unlike Edison, Tesla was an original thinker whose ideas typically had no precedent in science.
Unfortunately, the world does not financially reward people of Tesla's originality. We only award those that take these concepts and turn them into a refined, useful product.
Scientists today continue to scour through his notes. Many of his far flung theories are just now being proven by our top scientists. For example, the Tesla bladeless disk turbine engine that he designed, when coupled with modern materials, is proving to be among the most efficient motors ever designed. His 1901 patented experiments with cryogenic liquids and electricity provide the foundation for modern superconductors. He talked about experiments that suggested particles with fractional charges of an electron - something that scientists in 1977 finally discovered - quarks!

Mehmed Duraki

pre 11 godina

Kao decak i gimnazijalac divio sam se Teslinim izumima. Tesla je bio najveci genije xx veka.
Danas zivim u Svajcarskoj gde cesto pricam o Tesli i njegovim izumima.Svuda vidim i pokazujem njegove izume. Ovde u centru Zürich-u stoji kopija Tesline turbine koju stalno pokazujem prijateljima. Danas je 14 Novembar 2012 i ja sam veceras na Nemackom ponosno pricao kolegama o Tesli.

Nikola Tesla ce sa njegovim dostignucima ostati vecito zapamcen.

Pozdrav svim dobrim i ucenim ljudima iz Ciriha.

Mehmed Duraki

markoni

pre 17 godina

dr. Evil,

Tesla je bio pametan covek, on ima svojih izuma koji su vazni ali i nije tako velik na zapadu kao sto ga mi slavimo. Kao prvo sve sto mi mislimo o Tesli u zapadu se misli za Edisona, ko je po meni kao Gates danas. On je kupio patente i onda ih je komercijalizirao. Ima dosta tih naucnika u tome vremenu koji su svi radili u istim stvarima. Tesla je jedan od njih ali ne i najveci.

Ja mislim da je pametno da se on slavi kao naucnik ali u Balkanu kao i sve druge stvari mora da se sve nacionalizira. On je bio Srbin bla bla bla. Ako je bio Srbin on se vaspitao u Hrvatskoj. I Hrvati mogu da kazu da ima njihove skole, to mogu da tvrde da Austrijanci i Cesi. A naravno da su mu Amerikanci dali sta mu treba da radi. Znaci on je Srbin rodjen u Hrvatskoj sto je i ispravno. Hrvatska je u to vreme bila okupirana od Austro-Ungarske.
Daj boze da mi svi u Balkanu imamo vise Tesli i manje pametnakovica kojima je vaznije sta je Tesla od toga sta je Tesla uradio za nauku i covecanstvo. Takvi niti znaju tacno sta je on uradio pa ga cisto slave kao za najpametnijeg naucnika na svetu samo zato sto je Srbin. Ako tako nesto kazes nekom zapadnjaku cisto ce se nasmejati.

zagi

pre 17 godina

Kao prvo, da je Niki Tesla bio amer, ceo svet bi ga slavio kao nadčoveka. Nažalost, Srbima nije do veličanja ni promocije svojih pravih velikana. Kao drugo, Tesla nije rodjen u hrvatskoj. Tesla je bio kosmopolita srpskoga roda.

Aleks

pre 17 godina

Strasno je kada se jedan genije shvati TEK nakon smrti. Danasnji geniji hodaju ovom planetom i mnogi od njih bi mogli biti nove Tesle ali ih drustvo ne shvata vec potiskuje glupostima. Zelim reci da treba podrzavati velike umove da rade a ne nazivati ih budalama, ludacima i odbacivati ih od sebe. Tesla 4ever!

jelena

pre 17 godina

Tesla je bio veliki covek, mi treba da prestanemo da se otimamo oko njegovog lika i dela, on je bio covek za sebe svaciji. O tome smo trebali misliti ranije pre nego sto je napustio zemlju, kao sto i danas mladi napustaju zemlju nebi li postigli uspeh u inostranstvu, i ostvarili svoje ambicije! To nam treba samo da bude opomena u buducnosti!

Victor

pre 17 godina

Sve je od sebe svima dao, nista nije trazio za sebe i dobio je citav svet, ime u istoriji i beskonacnost.

Koliko veliki naucnik, toliko i veliki mislilac i primer svetosti. Toliko veliki da bi njegova misao i stav trebalo da bude svetiljka duhovnosti u udzbenicima nase dece, da imaju valjan primer za svrsishovit zivot, solidarnost, davanje i ljubav prema svetu i coveku.

Kada bi Srbi postali svesni kakvog duhovnog i naucnog giganta su imali, mozda bi shvatili koliko je skromnost nadmocna u odnosu na lazno samoljublje kojim smo okupirani.

Radomir Zivanovic

pre 17 godina

Naveli ste korisne cinjenice a takodje prvi put je istaknuto da je zlatno doba Srbije (znaci nauke i medjunarodnog ugleda) bilo bas u Obrenovicevoj Srbiji. Nikad ni pre ni posle Srbi nisu proizveli ni jednog naucnika svetskog kalibra a iz tog vremena su bar tri svetske velicine: Milankovic, Pupin i Tesla i moze se dodati nas najveci matematicar Mihajlo Petrovic.
Na zalost, uvek se zanemari da se istakne da je Tesla otkrio nacin prenosa sile bez fizickog kontakta sto je bilo neshvatljivo nauci tog vremena. Nije u pitanju ni naizmenicna struja ni asinhroni motor nego obrtno elektromagnetno polje koje bez fizickog kontakta postaje najveci proizvodjac energije i najveca masina radilica svih vremena.
Sve to je uzgredni proizvod koncepta obrtnog magnetnog polja. Sa tim pronalazkom on je na nivou Arhimeda i njegovog zakona poluge i pronalaska masine koja radi na bazi toplotne energije. To su tri kamena temeljca celokupne industrijalizacije.

Dragana, USA

pre 17 godina

Sto se tice Teslinih razmisljanja o elektro-magnetnim talasima koje emituje mozak, preporucila bih dve knjige Spasoja Vlajica: “Razmisljajte kao Nikola Tesla” i “Lecenje mislima”, gde g-din Vlajic podrobno objasnjava talase i zracenja koja emituje mozak, a osnovno polaziste mu je Teslin rad na tom polju...

marjan Pozarevac

pre 17 godina

Ponosni smo sto je Srbin i sto posle toliko godina preko njegovog imena i dela ulazimo tamo gde nam je i mesto, na vrh Evrope.

Peca

pre 17 godina

Gde li su sada face iz SP Crkve da proglase i jednog naučnika, a na prvom mestu čoveka koji je zadužio svet a umro u bedi jer mu svet nije verovao, za svetog. Pa da ga se sećaju i slave (kao slavu) sva pokolenja našega naroda. A njegova ličnost da bude uzor po kome će mo vaspitavati našu decu !!!???

Nenad011

pre 17 godina

Mislim da bi mlade talnetovane ljude trebalo bolje upoznati sa Teslinim radovima pa se mozda pojavi neki novi nastavljac njegovog dela.Ovako ako samo pominjemo Teslu kao pricu iz proslosti imacemo od svega jedino jubilej.

Andrej

pre 17 godina

Mala Ispravka - Naime, odredjeni mediji pokusavaju da plasiraju tvrdnju kako je Nikola Tesla toboze Srbin iz Hrvatske. U pitanju je kardinalna greska posto je veliki naucnik rodjen 1856 godine, u vreme kada je selo Smiljan pripadalo drzavi pod imenom Austrougarska. Znaci, ispravna tvrdnja jeste da je Nikola Tesla Srbin iz Austro-Ugarske

Pozdravi iz Firence

smiljan srpski

pre 17 godina

Srbijo sram te bilo!!! Do danasnjeg dana ne postoje prevedena i dostupni spisi Nikole Tesle, ne postoji institucija koja se bavi stalnim proucavanjem njegovih ideja i radova. Ne postoje sabrana djela Nikole Tesle. Muzejska postavka je s obzirom na broj predmeta i kako bi sve moglo da izgleda vise nego jadna za obilazak muzeja potrebno je manje od 20 minuta, stidi se Srbijo!!!

Branko Stanić, Šabac

pre 17 godina

Nikola Tesla - biografija

Тесла није био геније који се бавио претпоставкама и теоријама, па да будуће генерације побијају или потврђује његове мисли. Он је без грешке осећао појаве у природи. Знао је тачно законе по којима се оне одвијају и директно их претакао у изуме тако да никоме није остављао простора да га касније оспорава или побија.

Manda

pre 17 godina

Ponosam sam što je bio Srbin i sretan što je otišao u Ameriku jer da je ostao kod kuće vjerovatno ne bi umro 1943, već 1941...
(Rade, 26. jul 2006 13:12)
BRAVO Rade, bas u sridu pogodi. Umro bi tad, pardon zaklan-poginuo.... 1941, pod sahovnicom, te bi mu i danas odavali sve ljudske pocasti pod sahovnicom. Ispricavam se, ali objasnite mi sto je razlika u ovih j..ih 50-60 godina. Predlazem da b92 napravi reportazu o Smiljanima danas, o sastasvu stanovnistva, koje je prije 1941 pretezno bilo... koliko ja znam. Sto je sa tadasnjim prezimenima koja su pripadala drugoj vjeroispovjesti, a danas su... Uradimo historijki skrining na najednostavniji nacin. Vidjecemo danas koliko su ti nekad omrzeni fasisticki ciljevi uspjeli ili ne. Sto je sa Teslama i Mandicima (majka NT je bila Mandic) danas.

Zlatko, USA

pre 17 godina

Tesla je bio Srbin rodjen u Austrougarskoj. Svoju slavu je ostvario u Americi pa je tako Americki naucnik Srpskog porekla. Skolovao se koliko znam u Gracu. Kakav je tu uticaj Hrvatske ne razumem, ali Austrougarske ogroman. Pre je duzan Austrijancima nego Hrvatima. A zalosno je to sto njegova etnicka pripadnost smeta tolikima. Pozdrav iz Amerike koju je osvetlio Tesla

Snezana

pre 17 godina

Nesto mi bode oci kako malo komentara ima na clanke o Teslinom zivotu. Zar ga je njegov narod vec zaboravio? Ja sam jos uvek ponosna kada neko kaze da radi na MRI scanner-u od 1.5 Tesla....

alexandra

pre 17 godina

Malo njih koji govore o Tesli zna da je u mladosti voleo Milicu iz svog kraja, cak je na samrti spomenuo njeno ime...ona je izgleda bila jedino neresivo, neobjasnjivo, nedokucivo za Nikolu...

DrEvil

pre 17 godina

Tesla je bio genije i nije preterano reci da je zaduzio ceo svet pronalaskom naizmenicne struje i trofaznog motora. Uzasno me je uvredilo kada sam gledao polucasovnu emisiju na po meni najgoroj stanici u americi "History Channel" o "ratu struja" izmedju Edisona i VESTINGHAUSA gde je Tesla bio spomenut na dva sekunda kao neko ko je pored Markonija radio na istom polju ali nije pronasao radio. Na kraju emisije je kao u nekoj romansiranoj biografiji receno da i pored toga sto je jednosmerna struja izgubila u tom ratu, 1500 domacinstava u Njujorku su u dalje VERNA Edisonovoj zaostavstini pa koriste jednosmernu struju. Ko zeli da vidi sta u Vebsteru pise o Tesli neka ukuca "Tesla" na www.m-w.com
Varamo se ako mislimo da ga ceo svet ceni i slavi kao i mi. Jednom sam o tome pricao sa kolegom amerikancem koji je na moju izjavu da je Tesla bio najveci pronalazac odgovorio: "Bendzamin Frenkilin je takodje bio veliki pronalazac, pronasao je gromobran." Ipak nismo u Teslinoj oblasti, verujem da su inzinjeri mnogo bolje informisani po tom pitanju.

istoricar

pre 17 godina

Bravo Andeju iz Firence za opasku koja je vise nego tacna. Tesla zaista nema blage veze sa Hrvatskom ali je ocigledno da je ovaj velikan bio neophodan da srpski i hrvatski predsednici i premijeri pocnu da delaju suvislije i mimo ustaljene prakse. Na zalost, ja ne vidim cime se srpska drzava oduzila Velikom Geniju na pomen cijeg imena, bas kao sto je slucaj i sa Svetim Savom, treba ustati i pokloniti se. Uvek.

Velebit

pre 17 godina

ej Andrej i istoricar , pa mozel ista proci bez nacionalizma , znaci moj sin je rodjen u Egiptu i sad je on Egipcanin . Zasto Vam smeta sto je cuveni N.Tesla rodjen u Hrvatskoj . Pa nemoze on biti Austrijanac. Nego ostaje nas kako ga svi i tretiraju...

ATR

pre 17 godina

Cilj ovih tekstova nije da se raspravljamo oko toga da li je Tesla Srbin ili Hrvat i gde je rodjen vec da se svi upoznaju sa njegovim likom i delom. Tesla je pre svega bio pronalazac ciji su izumi promenili svet. Ovu cinjenicu nece promeniti to ciji je ili gde je rodjen.

Rade

pre 17 godina

Ko je bio Nikola Tesla je nemoguće opisati. Njegov život i djelo su toliko iznad prosječnog čovjeka da je upoređenje besmisleno. Rijetki su ljudi o kojima možeš govoriti samo lijepo i u superlativima.
Ponosam sam što je bio Srbin i sretan što je otišao u Ameriku jer da je ostao kod kuće vjerovatno ne bi umro 1943, već 1941...

Pametni

pre 17 godina

E pa ovako ljudi. Procitao sam sve komentare i evo sta cu vam reci. Sto se tice toga ciji je Tesla, borba oko mrtvog coveka koji ne moze da se o tome izjasni je u najmanju ruku debilska. On je bio samo veliki genije i nista vise. O tome sta prepametni Ameri misle o njemu nije me briga, ali oni ce ga shvatiti za jedno 800 godina. Mislim da ce njegove genijalne ideje ostati jos dugo misterija kao Macu Pikcu ili piramide u Egiptu. Mozda ce nekad neko shvatiti te ideje onako kako ih je Tesla video i razvijao. Do tada spavaj planeto!!!

Nole,Loznica

pre 17 godina

Često pomislim da kada bi se na svetu ikada rodio samo jedan čovek koji bi imao makar približno jednak umni potencijal koji je imao Nikola Tesla čovečanstvo više nikada ne bi imalo potrebu za bilo kakvim novim izvorom energije koji bi bio neekološki ili uopšte nedostupan bilo kome!Ko reši pitanje jeftine energije u budućnosti rešiće enigmu moderne civilizacije!

Kistanjac

pre 17 godina

Evo jedna mala informacija vezana za setru Nikole Tesle
Angelinu Trbojevic rodj. Tesla, i danas postoji grob sa njenim Epitafom. Pogledaj video razglednicu na str .www.moje-kistanje.net
Kazu da je i sam Nikola posjetio u Kistanjama! Bilo bi ljepo da se neko zainteresira o tome i sazna tu sitnicu o zivotu Velikog Uma!
Kazu da i postoje neki zapisi o tome, ali jos uvjek to nije nigdje objavljeno!!!!

Dario

pre 17 godina

Ljudi moji, vi svi govorite npr. bio je Srbin, bio je Hrvat, bio je Amer; i svi govorite u njegovo ime samo da bi svako od vas zadovoljio svoje nacionalne strasti. Taj aspekt njegovog života sudite po tome kao se on osjećao, GENIJALAC iz Smiljana u HRVATSKOJ rekao je i uvijek je ponavljao:
"Ponosim se svojim SRPSKIM rodom i HRVATSKOM domovinom".
Prema tome izrazi kao, "rođen u Austro-ugarskoj", "rođen na teritoriju sadašnje Hrvtaske" (kao jda e to tada bio Bangladeš), ne odgovaraju istini!

Alex

pre 17 godina

Svaki komentar je suvisan je vas blog "OTAC MODERNOG SVETA" sve govori.Onaj ko pronadje izumitelja koji je napravio veci napredak covecanstvu od kako covek postoji ima nagradu od 1000 evra. Dao bi mali komentar na greske koje se prave o TESLINOM rodjenju.TESLA je rodjen u Austriji a ne u Austro-Ugarskoj. Austro-Ugarska je nastala 1867.godine dakle 11 godina posle TESLINOG rodjenja. Dalje bi dao komentar na recenicu koja se gura TESLI uu usta i namerno se koristi u skracenoj verziji da bi se zloupotrebljavala i dobijala pogresno tumacenje. Pritom nikako nesmemo zaboraviti ni razdoblje u kom je izgovorena krajem maja 1936 u vreme stvaranja Jugoslovenstva. Pitanje je sada dali bi TESLA izgovorio tu istu recenicu 1942.godine prilikom ubistva njegovih 16 rodjaka. Recenica tj. telegram odgovora Maceku glsi ovako citiram:"Hvala na mnogo cenjenoj cestitki i pocasti, jednako sam ponosan na moj srpski rod i moju hrvatsku domovinu. Ziveli svi Jugosloveni. "Nikako ne smemo zaboraviti da je upravo TESLA bio jedan od glavnih lobista posle prvog svetskog rata za spajanje srpskoga naroda.

Zoran

pre 17 godina

За оне који умањују значај Тесле у светским размерама (Markoni, 23.јула: "...on (Тесла) ima svojih izuma... ali i nije tako velik na zapadu..." и "(паметњаковићи га) cisto slave kao za najpametnijeg naucnika na svetu samo zato sto je Srbin. Ako tako nesto kazes nekom zapadnjaku cisto ce se nasmejati" и сл), довољан је део говора са Теслине сахране:
"Nature and nature's laws lay hid by night. God said: Let Tesla be! and all was light!".

Rakoch

pre 17 godina

Postoje razliciti podaci o datumu Teslinog rodjenja: negdje pise 9. jul, negdje noc izmedju 9-og i 10-og, a najcesce 10. jul. Da li postoji zvanicna informacija o tome? Pozdrav i lijep dan onome ko ovo cita, hvala onome ko odgovori.

sanja ital.

pre 17 godina

Kao prvo,Teslu treba smatrati onako kako je on sam za sebe govorio.Koliko sam ja informisana,on se smatrao Jugoslovenom.Mozemo mi da pricamo sta hocemo,ali da se on pita,bio bi i srpski i hrvatski.U tome se ogleda njegova velicina,ne samo kao naucnika,vec i kao coveka,jer se ne stidi svog porekla.Ja bih rekla da se on kadkad osecao kao da je sa Marsa,a i pisalo se o njemu kao o coveku koji je dosao sa druge planete i tome sl.Zao mi je sto je u zivotu bio dosta tvrdoglav i odbijao da predje preko nekih uvreda:da je progutao koju,imao bi sredstva za ostvarivanje svojih ciljeva na polju nauke.
Mene,kao pesnika,vise interesuje njegovo razmisljanje o elektro-magnetnim talasima koje emituje mozak.Ako iko zna gde na netu mogu naci nesto o tome,molim da mi napise u komentaru.Hvala.

Hercegovac

pre 17 godina

Evo malo humora - u Hercegovini dica pivaju sledece:" Nikola Tesla sia u vesla, otisa u Ameriku i izmislia elektriku!"

Pozdrav svim dobrim ljudima

markoni

pre 17 godina

dr. Evil,

Tesla je bio pametan covek, on ima svojih izuma koji su vazni ali i nije tako velik na zapadu kao sto ga mi slavimo. Kao prvo sve sto mi mislimo o Tesli u zapadu se misli za Edisona, ko je po meni kao Gates danas. On je kupio patente i onda ih je komercijalizirao. Ima dosta tih naucnika u tome vremenu koji su svi radili u istim stvarima. Tesla je jedan od njih ali ne i najveci.

Ja mislim da je pametno da se on slavi kao naucnik ali u Balkanu kao i sve druge stvari mora da se sve nacionalizira. On je bio Srbin bla bla bla. Ako je bio Srbin on se vaspitao u Hrvatskoj. I Hrvati mogu da kazu da ima njihove skole, to mogu da tvrde da Austrijanci i Cesi. A naravno da su mu Amerikanci dali sta mu treba da radi. Znaci on je Srbin rodjen u Hrvatskoj sto je i ispravno. Hrvatska je u to vreme bila okupirana od Austro-Ungarske.
Daj boze da mi svi u Balkanu imamo vise Tesli i manje pametnakovica kojima je vaznije sta je Tesla od toga sta je Tesla uradio za nauku i covecanstvo. Takvi niti znaju tacno sta je on uradio pa ga cisto slave kao za najpametnijeg naucnika na svetu samo zato sto je Srbin. Ako tako nesto kazes nekom zapadnjaku cisto ce se nasmejati.

Andrej

pre 17 godina

Mala Ispravka - Naime, odredjeni mediji pokusavaju da plasiraju tvrdnju kako je Nikola Tesla toboze Srbin iz Hrvatske. U pitanju je kardinalna greska posto je veliki naucnik rodjen 1856 godine, u vreme kada je selo Smiljan pripadalo drzavi pod imenom Austrougarska. Znaci, ispravna tvrdnja jeste da je Nikola Tesla Srbin iz Austro-Ugarske

Pozdravi iz Firence

istoricar

pre 17 godina

Bravo Andeju iz Firence za opasku koja je vise nego tacna. Tesla zaista nema blage veze sa Hrvatskom ali je ocigledno da je ovaj velikan bio neophodan da srpski i hrvatski predsednici i premijeri pocnu da delaju suvislije i mimo ustaljene prakse. Na zalost, ja ne vidim cime se srpska drzava oduzila Velikom Geniju na pomen cijeg imena, bas kao sto je slucaj i sa Svetim Savom, treba ustati i pokloniti se. Uvek.

Aleksandar

pre 17 godina

PREUZETO SA :YAHOO.CANADA
Nikola Tesla
Born July 10, 1856 in Smiljan, a small village in Croatia, Nikola Tesla was the discoverer of the Alternating Current(AC) power system. His other contributions as an inventor are to numerous to mention here, I'll just give a few. These contributions include hydro electric generators, the AC power distribution system we still use today, the X-ray machine, MRI, the discovery of a rotating magnetic field, Radio and much, much more.
His most popular invention was discovering how to harness the power of Alternating Current.

The Two Phase Alternating Current induction motor.


The above video capture depicts the Tesla wireless transmission of electricity. The area in which you see a spark(in the center) is an area which contains the break down of 200,000 volts of electricity. The two wires on either side are connected to the white gas filled tube. The above reddish sign is not directly connected to the terminals. Click HERE to watch an AVI where the above capture was taken.
Tesla worked at the Continental Edison Company in Paris designing dynamos. While living in Europe he came up with the design of his AC induction motor and built a prototype and it worked. He traveled from Europe to America in 1884 and started work for Edison in New York. Eventually Tesla and Edison fought over DC and AC. Thomas Edison built his empire on DC, he didn't want to see it be destroyed.

Thomas Edison
The victor of the War of the Currents was AC power. Direct Current(DC) doesn't travel very well for long distances, it grows weaker with distance. AC power is more efficient because it can step up to high voltage. Through time the AC system was to be the only system used for distributing electrical power to businesses and homes.
Thomas Edison is credited with the invention of the light bulb and direct current. This is totally incorrect. You saw proof of an ancient Egyptian Light bulb. How can Edison be the inventor, when the ancient Egyptians had it before Edison's parents were even born?

The above system was designed by Nikola Tesla and is still in use today. A hydroelectric generator, AC power lines, a Tesla coil to step up to high frequency, distribution power lines, another Tesla coil to step down from high frequency and then electricity is used accordingly.
Telephone polls hold up AC power lines which deliver power to homes and businesses. In a storm, a branch from a tree could knock out power to customers by falling on these AC lines. There is an invention of Nikola Tesla's that I wish we were using today. The Wardenclyffe transmitter:

Wardenclyffe, a 154ft tower that was to be topped with a huge copper dome(when completed). Building one every so many miles would transmit electricity wireless all over the world.
J.P. Morgan had built one of the largest financial empires of the century. Nikola was invited to Morgan's home. Tesla asked J.P. Morgan for the money he needed to start the Wardenclyffe project. Morgan turned him down. Tesla offered him 51% of the patent rights to his inventions for $150,000.00. Morgan accepted.
Tesla was hoping other investors would get interested later on after the project took shape. Nikola ran out of money before it was completed. He went back to Morgan and asked for more money. Morgan loaned it to him. Delays in receiving new equipment plagued Tesla. His motors and dynamos were not easily produced because of their unusual design. Equipment for their manufacture had to be specially ordered. This caused unwanted delays. Tesla sought to have this project completed in nine months. After one year Morgan withdrew because he hadn't seen a return on his investment. His classic argument was, if any one can draw on the power, where do we put the meter?
I personally think if we install this system on earth today with modern materials, we can charge for the purchase of an antenna for each customer and a flat rate for the power consumed. Of course the antenna would be a "smart" antenna. It would only allow a certain maximum amount of power to be consumed at any given time. There are ways to implement this technology in a new social structure.

Marconi
The U.S. Supreme Court in 1943, held Marconi's most important patents invalid, recognizing Nikola Tesla's work more significant. Nikola Tesla is the true father of radio , not Marconi.... I discovered a web site which is devoted to Marconi, and it says that Marconi is "the father of radio!" (New Window) I would ask you please, email the author of that web site and make him/her understand the U.S. Supreme Courts decision in 1943. Nikola Tesla deserves credit for HIS inventions. Also follow this LINK. (New Window)
Michael Faraday
Tesla is preceded in greatness only by Michael Faraday who in 1831 rocked the scientific world with his discovery that magnetism can produce electricity...if it is accompanied by motion. Faraday discovered the principle, but not how to make it power the world; Tesla alone accomplished this singular feat.
Here is a task for you to try:
Go check your encyclopedia to find the answers to the following questions: (answers are given in parentheses)
1) Who invented the radio? (Marconi)
2) Who discovered X-rays? (Roentgen)
3) Who invented the vacuum tube amplifier? (Forest)
In fact, while you're at it, check to see who discovered the fluorescent bulb, neon lights, speedometer, the automobile ignition system, and the basics behind radar, electron microscope, and the microwave oven. Of course, the ancient Egyptians had the Light bulb before Tesla was born but that's beside the point here.
Chances are that you will see little mention of a guy named Nikola Tesla, the most famous scientist in the world at the turn of the century.
In fact, few people today have ever heard of the guy. Good old Thomas Edison made sure of that.
After all, Tesla was considered an eccentric who talked of death rays that could destroy 10,000 airplanes at a distance of 250 miles, claimed to be able split the Earth in two, believed that both voice and image could be transmitted through the air (in the late 1800's), and essentially told Edison to take his DC electrical system and st-ck it you k-ow w-ere.
In other words, anyone that has even heard of Tesla probably considers him to be a first class wacko.
But, the times are a changin'. The problem is that Tesla probably could do all these things that he claimed were possible. In fact, Tesla invented every single one of the items listed above (but gets no credit) and much more. Look around you and chances are Tesla is somehow responsible for most of the things that make modern life so modern.
Recap:
No doubt about it, Nikola Tesla is the greatest mind since da Vinci. Tesla had an extraordinary memory and spoke six languages. He spent four years at the Polytechnic Institute at Gratz studying math, physics, and mechanics.
What made Tesla great, however, was his amazing understanding of electricity. Remember that this was a time when electricity was still in its infancy. The lightbulb hadn't even been invented yet(of course it has; the ancient Egyptians had it!). When Tesla first came to the United States in 1884, he worked for Thomas Edison. Edison had just patented the lightbulb, so he needed a system to distribute electricity.
Edison had all sorts of problems with his DC system of electricity. He promised Tesla big bucks in bonuses if he could get the bugs out of the system. Tesla ended up saving Edison over $100,000 (millions of $$$ by today's dollars), but Edison refused to live up to his end of the bargain.
Tesla quit and Edison spent the rest of his life trying to squash Tesla's genius (and the main reason Tesla is unknown today).
Tesla devised a better system for electrical transmission - the AC (alternating current) system that we use in our homes today. AC offered great advantages over the DC system. By using Tesla's newly developed transformers, AC voltages could be stepped up and transmitted over long distances through thin wires. DC could not (requiring a large power plant every square mile while transmitting through very thick cables). Of course, a system of transmission would be incomplete without devices to run on them. So, he invented the motors that are used in every appliance in your home. This was no simple achievement - scientists of the late 1800's were convinced that no motor could be revised for an alternating current system, making the use of AC a waste of time.
After all, if the current reverses direction 60 times a second, the motor will rock back and forth and never get anywhere. Tesla solved this problem easily and proved everyone wrong.
He was using fluorescent bulbs in his lab some forty years before industry "invented" them. At World's Fairs and similar exhibitions, he took glass tubes and molded them into the shapes of famous scientists' names - the first neon signs that we see all around us today. I almost forgot - Tesla designed the world's first hydroelectric plant, located in Niagara Falls. He also patented the first speedometer for cars.
Word began to spread about his AC system and it eventually reached the ears of George Westinghouse. Tesla signed a contract with Westinghouse under which he would receive $2.50 for each kilowatt of AC electricity sold.
Suddenly, Tesla had the cash to start conducting all the experiments he ever dreamed of. But Edison had too much money invested in his DC system, so Tommy (Edison) did his best to discredit Tesla around every turn.
Edison constantly tried to show that AC electricity was far more dangerous than his DC power.
Tesla counteracted by staging his own marketing campaign. At the 1893 World Exposition in Chicago (attended by 21 million people), he demonstrated how safe AC electricity was by passing high frequency AC power through his body to power light bulbs. He then was able to shoot large lightning bolts from his Tesla coils to the crowd without harm. Nice trick!
When the royalties owed to Tesla started to exceed $1 million, Westinghouse ran into financial trouble. Tesla realized that if his contract remained in effect, Westinghouse would be out of business and he had no desire to deal with the creditors. His dream was to have cheap AC electric available to all people. Tesla took his contract and ripped it up! Instead of becoming the world's first billionaire, he was paid $216,600 outright for his patents.
In 1898, he demonstrated to the world the first remote controlled model boat at Madison Square Garden. So you can thank Tesla for the invention of those remote controlled planes, cars, and boats (and televisions!), also.
Tesla had a dream of providing free energy to the world. In 1900, backed by $150,000 from financier J.P. Morgan, Tesla began testing of his so called "Wireless Broadcasting System" tower on Long Island, New York. This broadcasting tower was intended to link the world's telephone and telegraph services, as well as transmit pictures, stock reports, and weather information worldwide.
Unfortunately, Morgan cut funding when he realized that it meant FREE energy for the world.
Many stories claim that the U. S. government destroyed the tower during World War One for fear that the German u-boat spies would use the tower as a landmark to navigate by. In reality, Tesla ran into financial trouble after Morgan cut funding for the project and the tower was sold for scrap to pay off creditors.
The world thought he was nuts - after all, transmission of voice, picture, and electricity was unheard of at this time.
What they didn't know was that Tesla had already demonstrated the principles behind radio nearly ten years before Marconi's supposed invention. In fact, in 1943 (the year Tesla died), the Supreme Court ruled that Marconi's patents were invalid due to Tesla's previous descriptions. Still, most references do not credit Tesla with the invention of radio. (Sidenote: Marconi's radio did not transmit voices - it transmitted a signal - something Tesla had years before.)
At this point, the press started to exaggerate Tesla's claims. Tesla reported that he had received radio signals from Mars and Venus. Today we know that he was actually receiving the signals from distant stars, but too little was known about the universe at that time. Instead, the press had a field day with his "outrageous" claims.
In his Manhattan lab, Tesla made the earth into an electric tuning fork. He managed to get a steam-driven oscillator to vibrate at the same frequency as the ground beneath him (like Ella Fitgerald breaking the glass with her voice in those old Memorex commercials). The result? An earthquake on all the surrounding city blocks. The buildings trembled, the windows broke, and the plaster fell off the walls.
Tesla contended that, in theory, the same principle could be used to destroy the Empire State Building or even possibly split the Earth in two. Tesla had accurately determined the resonant frequencies of the Earth almost 60 years before science could confirm his results.
Don't think he didn't attempt something like splitting the Earth open (well, sort of).
In his Colorado Springs lab in 1899, he sent waves of energy all the way through the Earth, causing them to bounce back to the source (providing the theory for today's accurate earthquake seismic stations). When the waves came back, he added more electricity to it.
The result? The largest man-made lightning bolt ever recorded - 130 feet! - a world's record still unbroken! The accompanying thunder was heard 22 miles away. The entire meadow surrounding his lab had a strange blue glow, similar to that of St. Elmo's Fire.
But, this was only a warm-up for his real experiment! Unfortunately, he blew out the local power plant's equipment and he was never able to repeat the experiment.
At the beginning of World War I, the government desperately searched for a way to detect German submarines. The government put Thomas Edison in charge of the search for a good method. Tesla proposed the use of energy waves - what we know today as radar - to detect these ships. Edison rejected Tesla's idea as ludicrous and the world had to wait another 25 years until it was invented.
His reward for a lifetime of creativity? The prized (to everyone but Tesla) Edison Medal! A real slap in the face after all the verbal abuse Tesla took from Edison.
The stories go on and on.
Industry's attempt (obviously very successful) to purge him from the scientific literature had driven him into exile for nearly twenty years. Lacking capital, he was forced to place his untested theories into countless notebooks.
The man who invented the modern world died nearly penniless at age 86 on January 7, 1943. More than two thousand people attended his funeral.
In his lifetime, Tesla received over 800 different patents. He probably would have exceeded Edison's record number if he wasn't always broke - he could afford very few patent applications during the last thirty years of his life. Unlike Edison, Tesla was an original thinker whose ideas typically had no precedent in science.
Unfortunately, the world does not financially reward people of Tesla's originality. We only award those that take these concepts and turn them into a refined, useful product.
Scientists today continue to scour through his notes. Many of his far flung theories are just now being proven by our top scientists. For example, the Tesla bladeless disk turbine engine that he designed, when coupled with modern materials, is proving to be among the most efficient motors ever designed. His 1901 patented experiments with cryogenic liquids and electricity provide the foundation for modern superconductors. He talked about experiments that suggested particles with fractional charges of an electron - something that scientists in 1977 finally discovered - quarks!

sava

pre 17 godina

Dobro kazes Viktor, nije zasluzio da mu bude slika na novcanici od 100 din.
Zasluzio je da bude na novcanici od 1000000000000... ali takve nema, pa je bolje i na toj na kojoj jeste nego ni na kojoj!

Dario

pre 17 godina

Ljudi moji, vi svi govorite npr. bio je Srbin, bio je Hrvat, bio je Amer; i svi govorite u njegovo ime samo da bi svako od vas zadovoljio svoje nacionalne strasti. Taj aspekt njegovog života sudite po tome kao se on osjećao, GENIJALAC iz Smiljana u HRVATSKOJ rekao je i uvijek je ponavljao:
"Ponosim se svojim SRPSKIM rodom i HRVATSKOM domovinom".
Prema tome izrazi kao, "rođen u Austro-ugarskoj", "rođen na teritoriju sadašnje Hrvtaske" (kao jda e to tada bio Bangladeš), ne odgovaraju istini!

jelena

pre 17 godina

Tesla je bio veliki covek, mi treba da prestanemo da se otimamo oko njegovog lika i dela, on je bio covek za sebe svaciji. O tome smo trebali misliti ranije pre nego sto je napustio zemlju, kao sto i danas mladi napustaju zemlju nebi li postigli uspeh u inostranstvu, i ostvarili svoje ambicije! To nam treba samo da bude opomena u buducnosti!

Radule,

pre 17 godina

Nadam se da se ovo nece pogresno shvatiti??
kako dugo godina zivim u americi i kako sam usa-gradjanin a i srbije, puno puta sam se pitao ,kako to da drzva serbia nikad nije postavila pitanje nadoknade drzavi serbiji ,,a, razlog je ,, ceo vet zna da se usa-stekla dosta veliko bogastvo na Nikolinim - patentima???
I,bilo bi lepo da nekad neko ili neka komisija iz serbie pokrene pitanje u vezi nadoknade,, ubedjen sam da je to moguce,,pozdrav ...

Xenija

pre 17 godina

JOs jedan inteersantan detalj/cinjenica iz Teslinog zivota. Mozda neko zna, ali za one koji ne znaju ...

Tesla i Mark Tvain su bili jedni od najboljih prijatelja. Izgleda da je Tesla pred smrt osim Milice cesto spominjao i Tvena. Cesto je o njemu govorio kao da je ziv (Tven je umreo barem 20 godina pre njega) i jako se ljutio kada je neko pokusavao da ga uveri u supratno.

Tesla i Tven su se upoznali vrlo brzo po Teslinom dolasku u Ameriku - na jednom od promocija Teslinog najvaznijego izuma - A/C. Svi se slazu da je Mark Tvain plako kada je upoznao Teslu. Jedino su misljenja iz proslosti oprecna zasto je Tvain plako. Neki kazu da je plako od srece
kada je saznao da je Teslina omoljena knijga iz detnjistva bila Tom Sojer. Po drugima, Mark Tvain nije plako od srece vec od besa - ubrzo po Teslinoj promociji je shvatio da je pogresno investirao u D/C umesto u A/C.

Jos nesto - tacno je da se o Tesli ne zna koliko bi trebalo i da je pred kraj zivota i posle smrti njegov rad bio zapostavljen. Ipak, Tesla je mnogo vise slavljen i uvazavan za zivota (od kad je dosao u Ameriku pa sve do pred kraj svog zivota Tesla se kretao u najvisim Njujorsim krugovima) nego sto sam ja npr. mislila i nego sto se u Srbiji predstavlja.

Tacno je da Amerikanci ne znaju mnogo o Tesli, mnogi cak za njega nisu culi. Nazalost, nista mi tu veliko, na globalnom planu ne mozemo da ucinimo. Licno i malo mozemo - ja npr u svom kjubiklu u Bostonu imam okacen Teslin poster. Kada me kolege na poslu pitaju ko je to, ja im objasnim.

Snezana

pre 17 godina

Nesto mi bode oci kako malo komentara ima na clanke o Teslinom zivotu. Zar ga je njegov narod vec zaboravio? Ja sam jos uvek ponosna kada neko kaze da radi na MRI scanner-u od 1.5 Tesla....

alexandra

pre 17 godina

Malo njih koji govore o Tesli zna da je u mladosti voleo Milicu iz svog kraja, cak je na samrti spomenuo njeno ime...ona je izgleda bila jedino neresivo, neobjasnjivo, nedokucivo za Nikolu...

marjan Pozarevac

pre 17 godina

Ponosni smo sto je Srbin i sto posle toliko godina preko njegovog imena i dela ulazimo tamo gde nam je i mesto, na vrh Evrope.

Peca

pre 17 godina

Gde li su sada face iz SP Crkve da proglase i jednog naučnika, a na prvom mestu čoveka koji je zadužio svet a umro u bedi jer mu svet nije verovao, za svetog. Pa da ga se sećaju i slave (kao slavu) sva pokolenja našega naroda. A njegova ličnost da bude uzor po kome će mo vaspitavati našu decu !!!???

Nenad011

pre 17 godina

Mislim da bi mlade talnetovane ljude trebalo bolje upoznati sa Teslinim radovima pa se mozda pojavi neki novi nastavljac njegovog dela.Ovako ako samo pominjemo Teslu kao pricu iz proslosti imacemo od svega jedino jubilej.

DrEvil

pre 17 godina

Tesla je bio genije i nije preterano reci da je zaduzio ceo svet pronalaskom naizmenicne struje i trofaznog motora. Uzasno me je uvredilo kada sam gledao polucasovnu emisiju na po meni najgoroj stanici u americi "History Channel" o "ratu struja" izmedju Edisona i VESTINGHAUSA gde je Tesla bio spomenut na dva sekunda kao neko ko je pored Markonija radio na istom polju ali nije pronasao radio. Na kraju emisije je kao u nekoj romansiranoj biografiji receno da i pored toga sto je jednosmerna struja izgubila u tom ratu, 1500 domacinstava u Njujorku su u dalje VERNA Edisonovoj zaostavstini pa koriste jednosmernu struju. Ko zeli da vidi sta u Vebsteru pise o Tesli neka ukuca "Tesla" na www.m-w.com
Varamo se ako mislimo da ga ceo svet ceni i slavi kao i mi. Jednom sam o tome pricao sa kolegom amerikancem koji je na moju izjavu da je Tesla bio najveci pronalazac odgovorio: "Bendzamin Frenkilin je takodje bio veliki pronalazac, pronasao je gromobran." Ipak nismo u Teslinoj oblasti, verujem da su inzinjeri mnogo bolje informisani po tom pitanju.

Velebit

pre 17 godina

ej Andrej i istoricar , pa mozel ista proci bez nacionalizma , znaci moj sin je rodjen u Egiptu i sad je on Egipcanin . Zasto Vam smeta sto je cuveni N.Tesla rodjen u Hrvatskoj . Pa nemoze on biti Austrijanac. Nego ostaje nas kako ga svi i tretiraju...

Victor

pre 17 godina

Sve je od sebe svima dao, nista nije trazio za sebe i dobio je citav svet, ime u istoriji i beskonacnost.

Koliko veliki naucnik, toliko i veliki mislilac i primer svetosti. Toliko veliki da bi njegova misao i stav trebalo da bude svetiljka duhovnosti u udzbenicima nase dece, da imaju valjan primer za svrsishovit zivot, solidarnost, davanje i ljubav prema svetu i coveku.

Kada bi Srbi postali svesni kakvog duhovnog i naucnog giganta su imali, mozda bi shvatili koliko je skromnost nadmocna u odnosu na lazno samoljublje kojim smo okupirani.

ATR

pre 17 godina

Cilj ovih tekstova nije da se raspravljamo oko toga da li je Tesla Srbin ili Hrvat i gde je rodjen vec da se svi upoznaju sa njegovim likom i delom. Tesla je pre svega bio pronalazac ciji su izumi promenili svet. Ovu cinjenicu nece promeniti to ciji je ili gde je rodjen.

smiljan srpski

pre 17 godina

Srbijo sram te bilo!!! Do danasnjeg dana ne postoje prevedena i dostupni spisi Nikole Tesle, ne postoji institucija koja se bavi stalnim proucavanjem njegovih ideja i radova. Ne postoje sabrana djela Nikole Tesle. Muzejska postavka je s obzirom na broj predmeta i kako bi sve moglo da izgleda vise nego jadna za obilazak muzeja potrebno je manje od 20 minuta, stidi se Srbijo!!!

zagi

pre 17 godina

Kao prvo, da je Niki Tesla bio amer, ceo svet bi ga slavio kao nadčoveka. Nažalost, Srbima nije do veličanja ni promocije svojih pravih velikana. Kao drugo, Tesla nije rodjen u hrvatskoj. Tesla je bio kosmopolita srpskoga roda.

Branko Stanić, Šabac

pre 17 godina

Nikola Tesla - biografija

Тесла није био геније који се бавио претпоставкама и теоријама, па да будуће генерације побијају или потврђује његове мисли. Он је без грешке осећао појаве у природи. Знао је тачно законе по којима се оне одвијају и директно их претакао у изуме тако да никоме није остављао простора да га касније оспорава или побија.

Rade

pre 17 godina

Ko je bio Nikola Tesla je nemoguće opisati. Njegov život i djelo su toliko iznad prosječnog čovjeka da je upoređenje besmisleno. Rijetki su ljudi o kojima možeš govoriti samo lijepo i u superlativima.
Ponosam sam što je bio Srbin i sretan što je otišao u Ameriku jer da je ostao kod kuće vjerovatno ne bi umro 1943, već 1941...

Manda

pre 17 godina

Ponosam sam što je bio Srbin i sretan što je otišao u Ameriku jer da je ostao kod kuće vjerovatno ne bi umro 1943, već 1941...
(Rade, 26. jul 2006 13:12)
BRAVO Rade, bas u sridu pogodi. Umro bi tad, pardon zaklan-poginuo.... 1941, pod sahovnicom, te bi mu i danas odavali sve ljudske pocasti pod sahovnicom. Ispricavam se, ali objasnite mi sto je razlika u ovih j..ih 50-60 godina. Predlazem da b92 napravi reportazu o Smiljanima danas, o sastasvu stanovnistva, koje je prije 1941 pretezno bilo... koliko ja znam. Sto je sa tadasnjim prezimenima koja su pripadala drugoj vjeroispovjesti, a danas su... Uradimo historijki skrining na najednostavniji nacin. Vidjecemo danas koliko su ti nekad omrzeni fasisticki ciljevi uspjeli ili ne. Sto je sa Teslama i Mandicima (majka NT je bila Mandic) danas.

Pametni

pre 17 godina

E pa ovako ljudi. Procitao sam sve komentare i evo sta cu vam reci. Sto se tice toga ciji je Tesla, borba oko mrtvog coveka koji ne moze da se o tome izjasni je u najmanju ruku debilska. On je bio samo veliki genije i nista vise. O tome sta prepametni Ameri misle o njemu nije me briga, ali oni ce ga shvatiti za jedno 800 godina. Mislim da ce njegove genijalne ideje ostati jos dugo misterija kao Macu Pikcu ili piramide u Egiptu. Mozda ce nekad neko shvatiti te ideje onako kako ih je Tesla video i razvijao. Do tada spavaj planeto!!!

Zlatko, USA

pre 17 godina

Tesla je bio Srbin rodjen u Austrougarskoj. Svoju slavu je ostvario u Americi pa je tako Americki naucnik Srpskog porekla. Skolovao se koliko znam u Gracu. Kakav je tu uticaj Hrvatske ne razumem, ali Austrougarske ogroman. Pre je duzan Austrijancima nego Hrvatima. A zalosno je to sto njegova etnicka pripadnost smeta tolikima. Pozdrav iz Amerike koju je osvetlio Tesla

Nole,Loznica

pre 17 godina

Često pomislim da kada bi se na svetu ikada rodio samo jedan čovek koji bi imao makar približno jednak umni potencijal koji je imao Nikola Tesla čovečanstvo više nikada ne bi imalo potrebu za bilo kakvim novim izvorom energije koji bi bio neekološki ili uopšte nedostupan bilo kome!Ko reši pitanje jeftine energije u budućnosti rešiće enigmu moderne civilizacije!

Aleks

pre 17 godina

Strasno je kada se jedan genije shvati TEK nakon smrti. Danasnji geniji hodaju ovom planetom i mnogi od njih bi mogli biti nove Tesle ali ih drustvo ne shvata vec potiskuje glupostima. Zelim reci da treba podrzavati velike umove da rade a ne nazivati ih budalama, ludacima i odbacivati ih od sebe. Tesla 4ever!

Kistanjac

pre 17 godina

Evo jedna mala informacija vezana za setru Nikole Tesle
Angelinu Trbojevic rodj. Tesla, i danas postoji grob sa njenim Epitafom. Pogledaj video razglednicu na str .www.moje-kistanje.net
Kazu da je i sam Nikola posjetio u Kistanjama! Bilo bi ljepo da se neko zainteresira o tome i sazna tu sitnicu o zivotu Velikog Uma!
Kazu da i postoje neki zapisi o tome, ali jos uvjek to nije nigdje objavljeno!!!!

Nenad

pre 17 godina

Dirljivo je videti kako su u Hrvatskoj iznenada "zavoleli" Teslu. A 90'tih su mu rodnu kucu i crkvu digli u vazduh!!Procitah tezu da se Tesla rodio u Hrvatskoj !? Hrvatska kao DRZAVA tada nije ni postojala pa je besmislena prica da je rodjen u njoj (ne kazem da nije postojao hrvatski narod). To je jednako besmisleno kao kad bi smo rekli da je grcki matematicar Arhimed (najveci u istoriji) rodjen u Italiji ! On je rodjen na ostrvu Sicilija (u mestu Sirakuza) koje DANAS pripada Italiji, ali tada je istocna Sicilija bila Sirakuska republika, jedna od mnogih grckih drzavica. Puno vekova je trebalo cekati dok nije nastala Italija. Ili kao kad bi smo rekli da je grcki pesnik Homer rodjen u Turskoj, i da je Trojanski rat bio u istoj drzavi. U vreme Homera i Trojanskog rata to je bila Grcka. Za Tursku je trebalo jos puno cekati. MIHAJLO PUPIN, drugi srpski genije, koji je omogucio, pored ostalog, da se telefonom moze zvati ne susedna zgrada (kao pre njega), nego drugi kontinent, rodio se u DANASNJOJ Srbiji (selo Idvor,1854.g) ali u to vreme to je bila Austrija. Cudi me da u Hrvatskoj ne spominju i treceg srpskog genija MILUTINA MILANKOVICA. Ovaj genijalni naucnik koji je objasnio nastanak ledenih doba i cije ime nosi jedna medjunarodna (evropska) nagrada, rodjen je u Dalju (1879.g), na obali Dunava, u DANASNJOJ Hrvatskoj, a tada je to bila takodje Austrija. Na zalost, ni vecina srba ne zna za njega (inace, jedan krater na Marsu i Mesecu nosi njegovo ime) a u Hrvatskoj ga jos nisu "zavoleli". Ucinice to valjda, kad bude popularniji kao Tesla na primer. Usput receno, njegova kuca u Dalju je u polurazrusenom stanju....
One kojima smeta da se diskutuje o Teslinom nacionalnom poreklu,uputio bih na "Enciklopediu Britanicu" (internet izdanje). O engleskim genijima Njutnu,Darvinu,Sekspiru ne pise da su evropljani,kosmopoliti, internacionalcu,ili da su rodjeni u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu, Velikoj Britaniji ili da je njihova nacionalnost nebitna za engleze...Ne,tamo jednostavno pise da su - englezi.Ni manje ni vise.Za engleze je to ocigledno bitno.
Da dodam, prvi predsednik Srpske akademije nauka je bio hrvat Josif Pancic, i niko mu zbog toga ovde nije porusio spomenik.

Radomir Zivanovic

pre 17 godina

Naveli ste korisne cinjenice a takodje prvi put je istaknuto da je zlatno doba Srbije (znaci nauke i medjunarodnog ugleda) bilo bas u Obrenovicevoj Srbiji. Nikad ni pre ni posle Srbi nisu proizveli ni jednog naucnika svetskog kalibra a iz tog vremena su bar tri svetske velicine: Milankovic, Pupin i Tesla i moze se dodati nas najveci matematicar Mihajlo Petrovic.
Na zalost, uvek se zanemari da se istakne da je Tesla otkrio nacin prenosa sile bez fizickog kontakta sto je bilo neshvatljivo nauci tog vremena. Nije u pitanju ni naizmenicna struja ni asinhroni motor nego obrtno elektromagnetno polje koje bez fizickog kontakta postaje najveci proizvodjac energije i najveca masina radilica svih vremena.
Sve to je uzgredni proizvod koncepta obrtnog magnetnog polja. Sa tim pronalazkom on je na nivou Arhimeda i njegovog zakona poluge i pronalaska masine koja radi na bazi toplotne energije. To su tri kamena temeljca celokupne industrijalizacije.

Alex

pre 17 godina

Svaki komentar je suvisan je vas blog "OTAC MODERNOG SVETA" sve govori.Onaj ko pronadje izumitelja koji je napravio veci napredak covecanstvu od kako covek postoji ima nagradu od 1000 evra. Dao bi mali komentar na greske koje se prave o TESLINOM rodjenju.TESLA je rodjen u Austriji a ne u Austro-Ugarskoj. Austro-Ugarska je nastala 1867.godine dakle 11 godina posle TESLINOG rodjenja. Dalje bi dao komentar na recenicu koja se gura TESLI uu usta i namerno se koristi u skracenoj verziji da bi se zloupotrebljavala i dobijala pogresno tumacenje. Pritom nikako nesmemo zaboraviti ni razdoblje u kom je izgovorena krajem maja 1936 u vreme stvaranja Jugoslovenstva. Pitanje je sada dali bi TESLA izgovorio tu istu recenicu 1942.godine prilikom ubistva njegovih 16 rodjaka. Recenica tj. telegram odgovora Maceku glsi ovako citiram:"Hvala na mnogo cenjenoj cestitki i pocasti, jednako sam ponosan na moj srpski rod i moju hrvatsku domovinu. Ziveli svi Jugosloveni. "Nikako ne smemo zaboraviti da je upravo TESLA bio jedan od glavnih lobista posle prvog svetskog rata za spajanje srpskoga naroda.

Zoran

pre 17 godina

За оне који умањују значај Тесле у светским размерама (Markoni, 23.јула: "...on (Тесла) ima svojih izuma... ali i nije tako velik na zapadu..." и "(паметњаковићи га) cisto slave kao za najpametnijeg naucnika na svetu samo zato sto je Srbin. Ako tako nesto kazes nekom zapadnjaku cisto ce se nasmejati" и сл), довољан је део говора са Теслине сахране:
"Nature and nature's laws lay hid by night. God said: Let Tesla be! and all was light!".

voja

pre 17 godina

...neko rece da bi nam trebao novi tesla. pa ljudi zar vam nije jasno; tesla je pre sto godina vozio auto na struju (100%), koji se tek sledece godine pojavljuje na trzistu. www.teslamotors.com. ...dok budu vladali ovi iz mraka nema tesle, nema atlantide, nema (pravog) puta u svemir, nema nista...dobra vest je da nezavisna grupa (pravih) naucnika radi
na (pravoj) konstrukciji teslinog tornja i pojavljuju se privatne inicijative sa privatnim fondacijama za (pravi) let u svemir koristeci
elektricne auto puteve...i tako dalje i tako blize

Rakoch

pre 17 godina

Postoje razliciti podaci o datumu Teslinog rodjenja: negdje pise 9. jul, negdje noc izmedju 9-og i 10-og, a najcesce 10. jul. Da li postoji zvanicna informacija o tome? Pozdrav i lijep dan onome ko ovo cita, hvala onome ko odgovori.

sanja ital.

pre 17 godina

Kao prvo,Teslu treba smatrati onako kako je on sam za sebe govorio.Koliko sam ja informisana,on se smatrao Jugoslovenom.Mozemo mi da pricamo sta hocemo,ali da se on pita,bio bi i srpski i hrvatski.U tome se ogleda njegova velicina,ne samo kao naucnika,vec i kao coveka,jer se ne stidi svog porekla.Ja bih rekla da se on kadkad osecao kao da je sa Marsa,a i pisalo se o njemu kao o coveku koji je dosao sa druge planete i tome sl.Zao mi je sto je u zivotu bio dosta tvrdoglav i odbijao da predje preko nekih uvreda:da je progutao koju,imao bi sredstva za ostvarivanje svojih ciljeva na polju nauke.
Mene,kao pesnika,vise interesuje njegovo razmisljanje o elektro-magnetnim talasima koje emituje mozak.Ako iko zna gde na netu mogu naci nesto o tome,molim da mi napise u komentaru.Hvala.

Dragana, USA

pre 17 godina

Sto se tice Teslinih razmisljanja o elektro-magnetnim talasima koje emituje mozak, preporucila bih dve knjige Spasoja Vlajica: “Razmisljajte kao Nikola Tesla” i “Lecenje mislima”, gde g-din Vlajic podrobno objasnjava talase i zracenja koja emituje mozak, a osnovno polaziste mu je Teslin rad na tom polju...

Hercegovac

pre 17 godina

Evo malo humora - u Hercegovini dica pivaju sledece:" Nikola Tesla sia u vesla, otisa u Ameriku i izmislia elektriku!"

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Stjepan

pre 17 godina

Bravo Viktor, samoljublje koje nas zaokuplja je
upravo i bitna razlika u ličnosti koja nas dijeli od skromnog Tesle.
Na svijetu ima jako puno zaniljivih,
kompleksnih i za znanost još neobjašnjivih fenomena,
koji su za neke ljudi, cije doba ocito još
nije došlo, sasvim normalni. Ako netko misli da nema takvih
genijalaca, varate se, treba pogledati dublje,
jer većina njih još uvijek čeka pravi trenutak.
Valjda su naučili nešto o pohlepi i dehumanizaciji modernog
društva na primjeru Tesle.

NIK

pre 17 godina

Znam samo jedno, to da je Nikola Tesla najveći genijelac ovih prostora i svijeta. A to dali je on rođen u Austriji ili dali je Vuk rođen u Turskoj to je manje važno.
Da nije bilo Tesle današnjica bi puno drugačije izgledala. VELIKI NIKOLA TESLA!!!!

Mehmed Duraki

pre 11 godina

Kao decak i gimnazijalac divio sam se Teslinim izumima. Tesla je bio najveci genije xx veka.
Danas zivim u Svajcarskoj gde cesto pricam o Tesli i njegovim izumima.Svuda vidim i pokazujem njegove izume. Ovde u centru Zürich-u stoji kopija Tesline turbine koju stalno pokazujem prijateljima. Danas je 14 Novembar 2012 i ja sam veceras na Nemackom ponosno pricao kolegama o Tesli.

Nikola Tesla ce sa njegovim dostignucima ostati vecito zapamcen.

Pozdrav svim dobrim i ucenim ljudima iz Ciriha.

Mehmed Duraki