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A 'magnetic' scientist: Who was Nikola Tesla?

80 years ago today, on January 7, was the day that Tesla died. But who was Nikola Tesla that influenced and affected recent times, especially in the field of electricity?

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Tesla was born in 1856 in what is now Croatia and received an education in engineering and physics. He later immigrated to the United States, where he worked for the Edison Machine Works and the Westinghouse Electric Corporation before establishing his own laboratory in New York City.