Nikola Tesla

inventor · electricity · science

AC power genius. Tesla helped design the alternating current (AC) electricity system, which is the way power reaches homes and buildings all over the world today.

Two countries. He was born in the region that's now part of Croatia to Serbian parents, and later became an American citizen, so he's called Serbian-American.

Big dreamer. Tesla was a futurist and inventor, meaning he imagined and built ideas that were way ahead of his time.

Engineer at heart. As an engineer, he loved solving problems and figuring out how to make machines and electricity work better.