The fascinating life of Nikola Tesla, the man who electrified our world and fell in love with a pigeon

Without Nikola Tesla, many of the conveniences of modern life wouldn't be possible.The Serbian-American engineer and physicist had over 300 patents worldwide, and his inventions helped pave the way foralternating current (AC), electric motors, radios, fluorescent lights, lasers, and remote control, among many other things.But he was also highly eccentricfrom his bizarre sleeping and eating habits to his love of pigeons.Here's a glimpse into the fabulouslife of one of history's most fascinating geniuses.UP NEXT:The amazing life of Albert Einstein, an underestimated genius whose childhood nickname was 'the dopey one'SEE ALSO:The inventor that inspired Elon Musk and Larry Page predicted smartphones nearly 100 years agoNikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856 in Smiljan in the Austo-Hungarian Empire (modern-day Croatia).His father, Milutin Tesla, was a Serbian Orthodox Priest and his mother, Djuka Mandic, was an inventor of household appliances.Source: Tesla SocietyIn college, Tesla was first interested in studying physics and mathematics, but he soonbecame interestedin electricity.He attended the Realschule, Karlstadt in 1873, the Polytechnic Institute in Graz, Austria and the University of Prague. Hetook a job as anelectrical engineer ata telephone company in Budapest in 1881.Source: Tesla SocietyHe had the idea for the induction motor while walking in a park with a friend.Later, while he was in Strasbourg, France in 1883, he built a prototype of the induction motor (an AC motor powered by electromagnetic induction) and testedit successfully. Since he couldn't get anyone in Europe interested in it, Tesla came to the United States to work forThomas Edison in New York.Source: Tesla SocietySee the rest of the story at Business Insider
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