Edison was known as the "King of Inventions," but not all of these inventions were invented by himself, most of them came from his invention team, or from patents he acquired.
Edison was a successful businessman, a boss, and then an inventor.
But there is no denying that Edison was a gifted man, and this was evident from his childhood.
About Edison dropping out
Childhood Edison
When he was a child, Edison loved to ask questions, and they were all strange questions, so he was considered by his teachers to have problems with his intelligence. So that one day, the school teacher wrote a note for Edison to carry to his mother, Edison's mother Nancy opened the note to read carefully, the result was instant tears, Edison was very strange: What did the teacher say? Why are you crying?
Teenage Edison
Nancy read it aloud to him: "Your child is a genius, and this school is too small for him to be taught by good teachers." Please teach it yourself. ”
Since then, Edison has stopped going to school and has been taught cultural lessons by his mother.
Many years later, Edison's mother died, and Edison sorted out the closet and found the note of that year, and when he opened it, he found that it had written a passage like this: "Your child is mentally handicapped, and we cannot let him stay in school." I would like to inform you that Edison was dropped out of school. ”
Edison burst into tears, writing in his diary: "Edison was an intellectually handicapped child, but his mother made him the genius of the century." ”
But that's a white lie! Great mother.
Edison's mother
But in the era of worship of the strong, Edison and many foreign characters were highly respected, and Edison's story even appeared in our textbooks.
Lesson 30 of the second grade book of the human-taught edition "Edison Saves Mom".
The story tells that Edison's mother was diagnosed with acute appendicitis one day and needed surgery immediately, but Edison's home only had a kerosene lamp, and the light was dim, and the doctor could not operate in such a light.
Little Edison was impatient, and suddenly he had a stroke of genius, thinking that he had used a mirror to reflect the sun, so he immediately went to borrow a mirror from the neighbors, so he found several mirrors, and then through the reflection of the mirror to gather the optical fibers together, the room was immediately brightly lit, so the doctor successfully did the operation. Mom's illness gradually improved.
But it's a flawed story.
First of all, many people who have read Edison's biography have not found any records of this matter, and the world's first case of appendicitis surgery was performed in 1886, and that operation was done with careful preparation.
According to the reckoning that Edison was 7 years old, it should be 1854, how could there have been such an operation, unless a crossing event occurred. Not to mention having appendicitis surgery at home.
In addition, the light of the oil lamp is dim, and even the reflection of many mirrors cannot reach the level of illuminating the room, let alone performing surgery in such light.
At that time, adults always liked to use the inspirational stories of celebrities to teach us to study well. It's hard for them!
So little Edison was once again in the textbook.
Edison Hatching Chicks (Shanghai Edition Third Grade Chinese Book)
This time Edison was younger, only 5 years old.
The story probably means that one day, 5-year-old little Edison saw that the hen in the family was always motionless, and he stayed in the nest and did not come out, so he screamed "oh shh" to catch it. But the hen tilted her head, blinked, and didn't move.
Edison suspected that the hen was sick, so he picked up the hen and looked at it, and found that there were more than 10 eggs in the nest. How can a hen lay so many eggs in one day? So Edison ran curiously to ask his mother.
Mom said: The hen is incubating the eggs. The hen covers the egg with her own body, the egg is warm, and after a long time, the egg will grow a small mouth, grow small feet, grow feathers, become a chicken, and finally, the chicken will peck through the eggshell and drill out of the eggshell.
Edison listened to his mother's words and ran away. After several hours, his parents could not find little Edison, very anxious, so they went everywhere to look for it, and finally found that Edison was learning to incubate the chicks like a hen at the neighbor's house.
It is also a flawed lie. Do you have chickens and eggs at home, but you are willing to go far?
Moreover, when a neighbor built a nest with firewood and grass, the neighbor did not stop it or tell the child's parents.
In addition, Edison could not be seen for hours, and the parents' hearts were too big. Is it biological? A 5-year-old child, can casually get out of the sight of their parents?
Finally, I would like to ask, did this little Edison ever practice light exercises? Dozens of pounds of children pressed on top of the eggs, and the eggs were not crushed!
What a rumor stops at the wise.
When we grew up, we found that the adults of that year did not hesitate to make up so many lies in order to inspire us to be studious and inquisitive. What a well-intentioned one!
But I think that what is real is true, what is fake is fake, and the "inspirational stories" of so many celebrities have been made up out of thin air, is it that the writing materials of the authors of the articles are too scarce?
In fact, Edison's main identity is a businessman, he has more than 2,000 inventions and more than 1,500 patents, all invented by his invention factory (Monroe Park), and this factory has his "hired" excellent inventors from all over the world.