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Nikola Tesla (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла; 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.

尼古拉•特斯拉(塞尔维亚语:НиколаТесла;1856年7月10日- 1943年1月7日)是一位美籍塞尔维亚发明家、电气工程师、机械工程师和未来学家。他最著名的贡献是设计现代交流电电力供应系统。

Tesla gained experience in telephony and electrical engineering before immigrating to the United States in 1884 to work for Thomas Edison in New York City.

在1884年移民到美国纽约为托马斯•爱迪生工作之前，特斯拉就有电话和电气工程的工作经验。

He soon struck out on his own with financial backers, setting up laboratories and companies to develop a range of electrical devices.

很快他就在赞助商的支持下自立门户，设立了开发一系列电气设备的实验室和公司。

His patented AC induction motor and transformer were licensed by George Westinghouse, who also hired Tesla for a short time as a consultant.

乔治•威斯汀豪斯获得了特斯拉的授权以使用其交流感应电动机和变压器的专利,同时他也聘请特斯拉担任他的临时顾问。

His work in the formative years of electric power development was also involved in the corporate struggle between making alternating current or direct current the power transmission standard, referred to as the War of Currents.

在电力逐渐发展的过程中，他也参与了爱迪生公司与西屋公司之间的斗争——采用直流电还是交流电作为标准的电力输送方式。史上将这场直流电还是交流电之争称为“电流战争”。

Tesla went on to pursue his ideas of wireless lighting and electricity distribution in his high-voltage, high-frequency power experiments in New York and Colorado Springs and made early (1893) pronouncements on the possibility of wireless communication with his devices.

特斯拉继续探索他的目标：实现无线照明和无线电力输送。他分别在纽约和科泉市做了许多高压高频电学实验,并于(1893)声明与他的设备有可能实现无线通信。

He tried to put these ideas to practical use in his ill-fated attempt at intercontinental wireless transmission, which was his unfinished Wardenclyffe Tower project.

他本想通过建造沃登克里弗塔，将洲际无线输电想法付诸实践。但不幸的是，沃登克里弗塔最终并没有建成，特斯拉也失去了实践他的理想的机会。

In his lab he also conducted a range of experiments with mechanical oscillators/generators, electrical discharge tubes, and early X-ray imaging.

在他的实验室里,他也进行了一系列的实验，其中包括与机械振荡器/发电机,放电管,以及早期的x射线成像。

He even built a wireless controlled boat, one of the first ever exhibited.

他甚至在公众前演示了一艘自制的无线控制船，这是世界上的第一台无线控制设备。

Tesla was renowned for his achievements and showmanship, eventually earning him a reputation in popular culture as an archetypal "mad scientist.

特斯拉以他的科学成就和神奇的演示手法闻名于世,最终他在流行文化中成为了一种典型的“疯狂科学家“的代表。

" His patents earned him a considerable amount of money, much of which was used to finance his own projects with varying degrees of success.

”他的专利为他赚得了大量的资金,其中大部分被特斯拉用来作为自己各个项目的经费，这些项目分别在不同程度上取得了成功。

:121,154 He lived most of his life in a series of New York hotels, through his retirement.

:121154他退休后的大部分时间生活在纽约的几家酒店

He died on 7 January 1943.

他于1943年1月7日死亡。

His work fell into relative obscurity after his death, but in 1960 the General Conference on Weights and Measures named the SI unit of magnetic flux density the tesla in his honor.

在他死后他的成就一度为世人所淡忘，但在1960年的国际计量大会上，特斯拉的名字光荣地成为了磁通密度的国际单位。

Tesla has experienced a resurgence in interest in popular culture since the 1990s.

特斯拉经历了自1990年代以来在流行文化的复苏。