Top 7 World’s Greatest Scientists of all Time

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)

Nikola Tesla, a Serbian American, was most famous for his work in the advancement of modern alternating current electricity supply system. Tesla, in his initial years worked for Thomas Edison and redesigned his inefficient motors and generators, but later resigned. He constructed the AC induction motor in 1887. Tesla’s high-voltage, high-power experiments set the ground for the invention of radio communication. Though a brilliant scientist Tesla’s quirky nature earned him the title “mad scientist”. In his honour, in 1960, the SI unit measure for magnetic field strength was termed ‘tesla’.