Even 80 years after his death, Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) is still revered — possibly more so than he was in life — as a rock star of the science world, his name elevated almost to the same dizzying ...

And it's interesting, again, getting back to these connections, Nikola Tesla, of course, Tesla named after his last name, Nikola named after his first name. And you talk about Nikola and the ...

one named after the inventor’s last name, ‘Tesla,’ headed up by Elon Musk—very much an intellectual descendent of the inventor, and another ‘Nikola,’ after his first name, would both ...

You might recognize his name because of the car brand named after ... But it’s the inventor Nikola Tesla who should have been more famous for his inventions than history has awarded.

Nikola Tesla, electrical entrepreneur ... he was found dead in his room by a hotel maid at age 86. Today the name Tesla is still very much in circulation. The airport in Belgrade bears his ...

Most people have heard his name ... his demand that Nikola become a priest and agreed he could attend engineering school instead. Although an outstanding student, Tesla eventually withdrew ...

“It’s a sociological fact that Elon Musk took the Tesla name and launched Nikola Tesla into the stratosphere,” says Marc Seifer, author of “Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla.” ...

There is no doubt that Nikola Tesla was a brilliant inventor, but he has also become the go-to historical mad scientist for science fiction writers. I worry that he—and his name–are popping up ...