Tesla Science Foundation Serbia
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Теслина научна фондација Србија | |
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| Abbreviation | TSFS |
|---|---|
| Named after | Nikola Tesla |
| Motto | "If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration." |
| Formation | January 7, 2010 |
| Founder | Nikola Lonchar |
| Type | Non-governmental and nonprofit organization, 501 (c)(3) |
| Legal status | Foundation |
| Purpose | Promotion of the figure and inventions of Nikola Tesla |
| Headquarters | Timočka 18a, Zemun |
| Location | |
Official language | Serbian, English |
Chairman of the Steering Committee | Predrag Karasović |
Manager | Stevo Božanić |
Main organ | Steering Committee[1] |
Parent organization | Tesla Science Foundation |
| Website | tnfs |
The Tesla Science Foundation Serbia (TSFS) is a Serbian branch of the American non-governmental and nonprofit organization of the same name from Philadelphia.[2][3]
About[edit]
Tesla Science Foundation is founded on July 10, 2004, that is the 148th birthday of the great scientist. On that day, the admirers of Nikola Tesla and the innovators in the St. Nicholas Church in Philadelphia established the Nikola Tesla Inventors Club. On Orthodox Christmas in 2010, on the day of Tesla's death, it received its current name, and soon the Tesla Sciense Foundation Serbia was officially registered as a representative office in Zemun. Its main goals are, in addition to the promotion of the character and work of Nikola Tesla, invention, science, creation, transfer and placement of new technologies.[3][4]
Tesla Science Foundation and Tesla Science Foundation Serbia are the initiators and implementers of many projects, research and initiatives, the most important of which are Tesla's people and Tesla clubs.[5] For many years, the Foundation has been the guest of honor at the Philadelphia Science Festival, organized by the Franklin Institute.
Assuming that there are more Serbs outside Serbia than in Serbia, Tesla Science Foundation conducts research and surveys, which want to clearly define the causes of frequent migrations of the Serbian people, settlement from Canada to Australia and assimilation, and come to possible solutions. Foundation finds the reasons for that in the fact that some of the world's greatest minds were called Serbs, such as Ruđer Bošković, Mihajlo Pupin, Nikola Tesla, Mileva Marić, Milutin Milanković, and in the fact that Serbs have a glorious history, rich culture and respectable tradition. Yet, they lose their identity and abundance. Based on the thesis that the motherland and the diaspora are on the same path, the Foundation equally researches public opinion in Serbia[6] and in its diaspora.[7]
Tesla Science Foundation awards seven types of awards and recognitions to deserving individuals and organizations. Among the winners are American and other foreign scientists and artists, and the list of laureates in 2013 included the then President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolić, who received the Tesla Spirit Award.[8] Every year, the Foundation awards honorary Tesla medals, as a sign of gratitude for the affirmation of the Serbian genius and the Serbian people.
Tesla's People[edit]
During the implementation of the project 200 years of Serbs in America, which began on June 28, 2004 at the suggestion of the then President of the Tesla Science Foundation Marko Lopušina, the management of the Foundation, inspired by Tesla's scientific altruism,[2] decided to unite all its activities under the name Tesla’s People. The celebration, which was held on Vidovdan in 2004, should have reminded that two centuries ago the first registered Serb on American soil Đorđe Šagić came to Philadelphia. The preparation of the ceremony was a great challenge for the members of the Foundation and lasted for months. Over seven hundred people, Serbs and their friends, attended the celebration of 200 years of Serbs in America. Among the most prominent visitors were: Milan Panić, Michael Djordjević, Helen Delich Bentley, David Vuich, representatives of the governments of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Srpska, the diplomatic corps, the Serbian Orthodox Church and various Serbian organizations in America. Lectures, exhibitions and concerts were available to everyone for free.[5]
As part of the multimedia endeavor Tesla's People',' a documentary film was made in 2018 by the Creator and First Producer Nikola Lonchar, and a new film based on Tesla's philosophy is planned. However, there have been numerous attempts to appropriate and misuse the name Tesla's People from Serbia, America, Croatia and other countries,[9] so the Foundation had to legally protect it.[5]
The conference Matica and the Diaspora on the Same Path (sometimes "… on the Same Task") is a part of the multimedia project Tesla's People and a series of annual conferences of the Tesla Science Foundation. In 2021 the main conference topic was the research of the same name, which has shown that seventy percent of Serbs in the world want to invest in Serbia, but are largely prevented from doing so by "undefined laws and excessive bureaucracy."[2][10][11]
National Program of all Serbs in the World[edit]
Tesla Science Foundation is the initiator of the petition for the creating of the proposal of the National Program of all Serbs in the world, which would define the interests, i.e. set of priorities and offered solutions for the survival and development of the Serbian people, given that a large number of them live abroad and in the newly formed states of the former Yugoslavia. Representatives of the Foundation and the signatories of the petition see the guiding words in the slogan: "Only Unity Saves the Serbs", messages from Bishop Nikolaj Velimirović: "Please, God, that Serbs agree, get along and multiply" and Patriarch Pavle: "It will be better when we are better". To make it happen, it is necessary that all Serbian people be equal, i.e. to have the same rights and obligations, and that the political will of the authorities in Serbia focus on using the intellectual and other potentials of Serbian diaspora.[12] For that purpose, Ireland and the Irish should be a role model, according to the president of the Foundation, Nikola Lonchar.[2]
Nikola Tesla clubs[edit]
As it was noticed that Tesla was underrepresented in the syllabuses of American schools, the Tesla Science Foundation came up with the idea to change this by founding Nikola Tesla clubs and Nikola Tesla science clubs by establishing cooperation between the Foundation and the teaching staff and students.[13][14]
The mission that the Foundation carries out through Nikola Tesla clubs is reflected in the improvement of the way of thinking, the development of critical thinking and intelligence in children. This is achieved through an interactive educational program based on Tesla's life and heritage, which will be realized and upgraded through the international platform NikolaTeslaClubs.com, which will provide a better understanding of Tesla's ideas, inventions and approach to life.
With the establishment of Nikola Tesla clubs in America, an exceptional success was achieved, in the form of additional education of children who are prone to science and art, and the application of the same model began in primary and secondary schools in Serbia in partnership with Tesla Science Foundation Serbia. The goal for all these clubs is to network through NikolaTeslaClubs.com completely free and to participate together with the American ones in the transfer of knowledge and the promotion of innovation as a fulcrum of social development.[15] The most important partners of the Foundation in the Nikola Tesla clubs development are the Tacony Academy Charter School, part of the „American Paradigm Schools”, and the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.[16]
Part of this initiative is the project Tesla Ways, conceived as a software geo-guide through Tesla's biography. A monograph and a documentary on this are also being prepared.[17]
In addition to the TeslaTalk.TV video platform, which broadcasts webinars and other videos on Tesla, Tesla's People and Tesla Scientific Foundation, a Serbian-American team of experts is working on a platform to establish Nikola Tesla clubs.[2][18]
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Nikola Lonchar, Founder and current President of Tesla Science Foundation
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Nikola Tesla Bust in Serbian Cultural Garden in Cleveland, donated by Tesla Science Foundation
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St. Tesla by Tatiana Basova
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Nikola Lonchar and Ashley Redfearn Neswick
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Tesla Spirit Award
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Tesla Science Foundation youth[edit]
The youth of the Foundation is also very active and is increasingly involved in major projects, which is the management's plan for the future. Thus, on April 22, 2021, on the anniversary of the breakthrough of the Jasenovac concentration camp, an online conference Jasenovac and Our Culture of Memory was held, at which the opinions of new generations on the great crime against the Serbian people by the Ustaše could be heard.[19]
Canonization of Nikola Tesla[edit]
On Orthodox Christmas 2021, the Tesla Science Foundation sent a proposal supported by a petition to the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church to consider the canonization of Nikola Tesla and declaring July 10, Tesla's birthday, a religious holiday.[20] Inspired by this initiative, the Russian artist Tatiana Basova painted Saint Tesla.[2]
See more[edit]
Literature[edit]
- Lopušina, М.; Lončar, Н. (2021). Tesla's People: There and Here. Belgrade/Philadelphia: Tesla Science Foundation. Search this book on
References[edit]
- ↑ Tesla Science Foundation Serbia Steering Committee, Tesla Science Foundation Serbia, Retrieved: May 12, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "У огледалу са Иванусом: Никола Лончар", Serbian Mirror, Chicago, May 2021. Retrieved: May 14, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 About Tesla Science Foundation, Tesla Science Foundation. Retrieved: May 14, 2021.
- ↑ About Tesla Science Foundation Serbia, Tesla Science Foundation Serbia. Retrieved: May 14, 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 About the Tesla's People project, Tesla's People. Retrieved: May 14, 2021.
- ↑ "Упитник 1 – Матица и дијаспора на истом задатку", Google Forms. Retrieved: May 14, 2021.
- ↑ "Упитник 2 – Дијаспора и матица на истом задатку", Google Forms. Retrieved: May 14, 2021.
- ↑ "Николић добитник награде 'У духу Тесле'", Radio Television of Serbia, January 10, 2014. Retrieved: May 21, 2021.
- ↑ "Деманти информација у чланку 'Теслин народ креће у освајање света'", Radio Television of Serbia, February 5, 2019. Retrieved: May 14, 2021.
- ↑ "Резултати истраживања 'Теслин народ – Матица и дијаспора на истом путу'", Radio Television of Serbia, February 16, 2021. Retrieved: May 21, 2021.
- ↑ "Програм онлајн-конференције 'Матица и дијаспора на истом путу'", Tesla's People, February 12, 2021. Retrieved: May 21, 2021.
- ↑ „Петиција за израду предлога Националног програма свих Срба света”, Tesla's People. Retrieved: May 18, 2021.
- ↑ "Увођење Тесле у амерички школски систем", Voice of America, November 21, 2015. Retrieved: May 20, 2021.
- ↑ "Тесла у школама САД", Radio Television of Serbia, April 20, 2021. Retrieved: May 20, 2021.
- ↑ "Оснивање Теслиних научних клубова у Србији", Tesla Science Foundation Serbia, September 2, 2020. Retrieved: May 20, 2021.
- ↑ "Establishing and development of Nikola Tesla Clubs/Nikola Tesla Inventors Club in Serbia", Tesla Science Foundation Serbia, December 22, 2020. Retrieved: June 29, 2021.
- ↑ "У духу Тесле, осма конференција у 'Њујоркеру'", Radio Television of Serbia, January 16, 2020. Retrieved: May 20, 2021.
- ↑ About the project TeslaTalk.TV, Tesla Science Foundation. Retrieved: May 14, 2021.
- ↑ „Омладина Теслиног народа о страдању у Јасеновцу”, РТС, 26. април 2021. Retrieved: May 21, 2021.
- ↑ "Предлог Српској православној цркви да Никола Тесла постане светац", Radio Television of Serbia, January 13, 2021. Retrieved: May 18, 2021.
External links[edit]
- Tesla Science Foundation Serbia website
- Tesla Science Foundation website
- Tesla's People website
- Nikola Tesla Clubs website
- "Како да оснујете 'Теслин клуб' у својој школи или на факултету?", Tesla Science Foundation Serbia, 2020. Retrieved: July 10, 2021.
- "Tesla's People: Homeland and Diaspora on the Same Path," Dragan Rakonjac, YouTube, 2020. Retrieved: June 1, 2021.
- Tesla's People | Online conference: The Motherland and the Diaspora on the Same Path, YouTube, 2021. Retrieved: June 1, 2021.
- Tesla's People | Online youth conference: Jasenovac and Our Culture of Memory, YouTube, 2021. Retrieved: June 1, 2021.
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