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Nikola Tesla was a visionary inventor whose pioneering work on alternating current (AC) and wireless communication laid the foundations for the modern electrical age. Born in the mid-nineteenth century to a Serbian family, his early life was marked by a brilliant intellect shadowed by personal trauma and a struggle with psychological neuroses. Throughout his career, he engaged in a high-stakes "War of the Currents" against Thomas Edison, eventually proving the technical superiority of AC for long-distance power distribution. Despite his scientific triumphs and numerous patents, Tesla's lack of financial management and his ahead-of-his-time ideas led him to spend his final years as an impoverished recluse. Today, he is remembered as a foundational genius whose radical concepts predicted technologies as diverse as the cellphone, radar, and robotics. This account explores his transition from a celebrated innovator to a misunderstood figure whose legacy continues to drive global technological progress.
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". George Santayana
