alleryStart learning →The tesla is named after which inventor?
AAndre Ampere
BNikola Tesla
CMichael Faraday
DJames Maxwell
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Nikola Tesla
1. Magnetic units carry the names of their investigators.
2. The SI unit for magnetic field strength is called the tesla.
3. It is named after the eccentric but brilliant inventor Nikola Tesla.
4. He lived from 1856 to 1943.
_Source: OpenStax College Physics for AP Courses 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 22 'Magnetism', sections 22.1-22.11_
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