In our impression, he is a real genius. He said that genius consists of one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, which is the motto of many people.
When we were young, we could see many stories about Edison from textbooks and extracurricular books. As far as I am concerned, all I can think of is: 1. Addison saved his mother with the principle of mirror reflection. Edison only attended primary school for a few months, and his mother never gave up and taught him to read. Edison made thousands of experiments to invent the electric light. Edison asked his assistant to measure the volume of the light bulb. As a result, many formulas were used in vain. Finally, Edison solved it easily with water.
In fact, some stories are true, some stories are false, and some stories are true and false. These stories are either told by Edison's team or by himself, so they can't be used as reference at all.
Gradually, I don't know since when, it has formed in our minds that Edison is a great inventor and even a scientist. I want to ask if you feel the same way.
However, with the development of Internet today, we can finally break this inertia thinking. In fact, Edison is more like an entrepreneur than an inventor. Take our most familiar invention as an example. Light bulb? For example:
As early as 1854, Henry? Goebbels invented the electric light, but he didn't apply for a patent for it. Edison was less than 10 years old at that time. How did he invent the electric light? The truth is that Edison bought the patent at 1875, and then improved and popularized the light bulb. As for why there are such rumors, I'm afraid Edison bribed the American media to make up lies.
Another example can be seen: Edison attacked Tesla with various alternating currents for the benefit of his direct current. Because he is already a big entrepreneur, he makes all kinds of rumors to attack alternating current. Faced with such a prestigious Edison, people certainly believe him. Isn't this a typical behavior of businessmen to properly crack down on competitors? There are many similar examples.