Nikola Tesla – A short biography Tesla received his name after his paternal grandfather. He began his schooling in his hometown, where he spent the most careless years of his life.

Nikola Tesla, one of the finest inventors ever and a key instigator of the modern age of electricity, died 73 years ago today.

Our Special Projects Editor Chris Mascari is on something of a Nikola Tesla kick right now, but isn’t sure what biography is the best one to sate his curiosity about the physicist/engineer ...

NIKOLA Tesla held over 300 patents for 196 separate ideas or inventions, across 26 countries - including 112 in the USA, and 30 in the UK. His inventions are considered to have changed the world ...

Long before his name became synonymous with electric cars, Tesla's inventions transformed modern life ...

Nikola Tesla took 250,000-volt shocks to his body to demonstrate the safety of alternating current. (Nikola Tesla Museum) ...

One of the more controversial topics involving Nikola Tesla is what became of many of his technical and scientific papers after he died in 1943. Just before his death at the height of World War II ...