Legacy and Honors
See also: Nikola Tesla in popular cultureTesla's legacy has endured in books, films, radio, TV, music, live theater, comics and video games. The lack of recognition received during his own lifetime has cast him as a tragic and inspirational character, well suited to dramatic fiction. The impact of the technologies invented by Tesla is a recurring theme in several types of science fiction.
- On Tesla's 75th birthday in 1931, Time magazine put him on its cover. The cover caption "All the world's his power house" noted his contribution to electrical power generation. He received congratulatory letters from more than 70 pioneers in science and engineering, including Albert Einstein.
- The Tesla Society, founded in 1956.
- Tesla, a 26 kilometer-wide crater on the far side of the moon.
- 2244 Tesla, a minor planet.
- TPP Nikola Tesla, the largest power plant in Serbia.
- Tesla Motors, an electric car company.
- The Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport.
- The Nikola Tesla Award
- The Nikola Tesla Museum Archive in Belgrade
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Famous quotes containing the words legacy and/or honors:
“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)
“The sire then shook the honors of his head,
And from his brows damps of oblivion shed
Full on the filial dullness:”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)