Inventors and Scientists · Inventors · Inventor · Dreamer · 1856–1943
NikolaTesla
“I do not work for the present, I work for the future.”
You are at the entrance to my laboratory. It smells of ozone. Come in, if you want to understand how the world is made.
At the gates of energy
I see machines whole before I build them. In my head they run, wear out, break down — and only then do I take up tools. That is how I created alternating current, which now flows through the whole world.
My name is Nikola Tesla. I was born in the village of Smiljan, in a priest's family, and became an inventor. Ask about what torments you — I will answer as I would answer myself.