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Nikola Tesla: electrical genius, brilliant engineer, [[Mad Scientist]], possibly [[Asexuality|asexual]] (or just [[Celibate Eccentric Genius|celibate]]), [[The Wonka|pigeon-loving weirdo]], poor businessman. Born in the village of Smiljan from Serbian parents (Austrian Empire at the time, Croatia today) and immigrant to the United States, Tesla is best known for his eponymous electrical transformer, the [[Shock and Awe|Tesla Coil]], closely followed by his development of the first feasible alternating current power generator, ultimately built at [[Niagara Falls]]. Other patents of his include the equipment for radio, vertical take-off and landing, and fluorescent light bulbs. (X-rays and quasars? Possibly.) However, a combination of poor business decisions, economic trouble, and pressures from archrival [[Thomas Edison]] eventually led to the end of his good fortunes, and he acquired obsessive/compulsive tendencies and other eccentricities. He ultimately died alone in a hotel room after failing to sell a giant [[Death Ray]] to the US government. It is safe to say that without this man, the 21st century would not exist as we know it. And hardly anyone knows him.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20180209033957/http://www.lardbiscuit.com/fancy.html
# Tesla lacked marketing ability and business knowledge. He concentrated on science and ignored the need to build a network of contacts.
# [[Thomas Edison]] had such ability and knowledge; he also made political connections and promoted his public image.
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{{examples|'''Nikola Tesla in fiction:'''}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[http://www.mangapark.com/manga/Henjin-Henkutsu-Retsuden/c0/all Chronicles of the Bizarre and Eccentric: Nikola Tesla]{{Dead link}}'' (1989) by Hirohiko Araki of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]''.
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== Music ==
* [[wikipedia:Tesla (band)|Tesla (Band)]]
* The band [[Dream Team|8in8]] ([[Ben Folds]], [[Amanda Palmer]], [[OK Go|Damian Kulash]], and [[Neil Gaiman]]) opened their album ''Nighty Night'' with a [[A Worldwide Punomenon|pun-laden]] love song to a time-traveling Tesla. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130208162533/http://music.amandapalmer.net/album/nighty-night
* [[Joy Electric]], the Christian Electronica band, has a rather odd song dedicated to Tesla (as noted in the page quote).
* [[Jay Electronica]], no connection to the above, used a photo of Tesla as the cover to his set of [[E Ps]], "Exhibit A" and "Exhibit C." Seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20140831063633/http://cdn.nahright.com/news/m.php/2009/12/jay-electronica-exhibit-c-ep-artwork-450x450.png here] and [http://beatsfromthebarn.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/albumart.jpg here]. Electronica also name drops Tesla in a verse of "Exhibit C."
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** [[wikipedia:Tesla Model S|The Tesla Model S aka The Tesla White Star]]? due for production next year,{{when}} a family/executive sedan with a 300-mile battery pack and 17-inch touchscreen controls.
** [[wikipedia:Tesla BlueStar|Tesla Blue Star]]
* [[Zomg Smells]] makes a scent as a tribute to Nikola Tesla entitled ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120125091526/http://www.zomgsmells.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=50 The Melancholy Death of Nikola Tesla]''.
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