The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts will hold a Symposium in Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Death of its Honorary Member Nikola Tesla:
The Scientific and Technological Legacy of Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla (Smiljan, Croatia, 1856. - New York, 1943.) was one of the most important scientists and inventors at the turn of the century. Tesla is best known for his numerous inventions, discoveries and patents in the fields of electrical and radio engineering, and especially for applications of alternating current eletricity supply systems and radio transmission. His research preceded or prepared the way for a number of important scientific discoveries (X-rays, electron, cosmic rays, particle accelerators), and he also anticipated some of the most important techonological advances and inventions of the last century (television, radar, modern turbines, global communications systems). In honor of Tesla, the General Conference on Weights and Measures dedicated the term tesla to the SI unit measure for magnetic field strength. On 17 December 1896, at the age of forty, Tesla was elected Honorary Member of the Academy in Zagreb. On that day, 17 December 2013, the Academy will commemorate the death anniversary of one of its longest-serving members (1896.-1943.) with a symposium dedicated to the scientific and technological legacy of Nikola Tesla. The Symposium will take place in the National Hall, Opatička 18, Zagreb.