

He had a unique capacity to visualise images in his head. Accompanied by blinding flashes of light, he would often visualise mechanical and theoretical inventions spontaneously. He later enrolled in the Charles Ferdinand University in Prague, but again he left before completing his degree.ĭuring his early life, he experienced many periods of illness and periods of startling inspiration. Evidence of his difficult temperament sometimes manifested and after an estrangement from his family, he suffered a nervous breakdown.

However, he left to gain employment in Marburg in Slovenia. Tesla was a bright student and in 1875 went to the Austrian Polytechnic in Graz. Nikola Tesla was born 10 July 1856, of Serbian nationality in Smiljan, the Austrian Empire.

Despite his breathtaking number of patents and discoveries, his achievements were often underplayed during his lifetime. Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) was one of the greatest and most enigmatic scientists who played a key role in the development of electromagnetism and other scientific discoveries of his time.
