Edison was curious about many things since he was a child, and he liked to try it himself until he understood the truth. When he grew up, he devoted himself to research and invention according to his interest in this field. He established a laboratory in New Jersey, and invented the electric light, telegraph, phonograph, film machine, magnetic mineral analyzer, crusher and so on for more than 2000 kinds of things in his life. Edison's strong research spirit made him make great contributions to improving human life style.
"Waste, the biggest waste is wasting time." Edison often said to his assistant. "Life is short, so we should try to do more with less time."
One day, Edison was working in the laboratory. He handed his assistant an empty glass bulb without a lampholder and said, "Measure the capacity of the bulb." He bowed his head to work again.
After a long time, he asked, "What's the capacity?" He didn't hear the answer, turned to see the assistant measuring the circumference and inclination of the light bulb with a soft ruler, and poured the measured figures on the table for calculation. He said, "Time, time, why does it take so much time?" Edison came over, picked up the empty light bulb, filled it with water, handed it to his assistant, and said, "Pour the water into the measuring cup and tell me its capacity at once."
The assistant read out the numbers at once.
Edison said, "How easy it is to measure. It is both accurate and time-saving. Why didn't you think of that? " ? Still counting. Isn't that a waste of time? "
The assistant's face turned red.
Edison murmured, "Life is too short, too short. Save time and do more! " "
Edison was a poor worker before he became famous. Once, his old friend met him in the street and said with concern, "look, this coat on you is very worn." You should get a new one. "
"Need it to be? Nobody knows me in new york. " Edison answered indifferently.
A few years later, Edison became a great inventor.
One day, Edison met that friend again in the street of new york. "Oh," exclaimed my friend, "why are you still wearing this old coat? This time, I have to change a new one anyway! "
"Need it to be? Everyone here already knows me. " Edison still answered casually.
Edison's story: making the sun
One snowy night, Edison's mother suddenly fell ill, and his father hurried to call a doctor. The doctor said, "Your mother has acute appendicitis and needs surgery." . At that time, there were only oil lamps without electric lights, and the light of oil lamps was very dim, so if you were not careful, you would open the wrong knife. Edison suddenly had a good idea. He took out all the oil lamps at home and put a mirror behind him to let the doctor finish the operation smoothly. The doctor said, "Son, you saved your mother with your wisdom and cleverness." Edison took his mother's hand and said, "Mom, I want to be a sun at night."
The story of Edison's childhood:
When Edison was young, he once saw a hen hatching eggs and giving birth to chicks. This is wonderful, but he is not satisfied. Afterwards, he also quietly saved some eggs and put them in the warehouse. He squatted on them, trying to give birth to chickens himself, so that the whole family could not find him for a while.
After he went to school at the age of seven, his strong thirst for knowledge and habit of delving into problems became more obvious. He always asks endless questions about what he touches and asks the teacher to answer clearly. In this regard, teachers have a headache. Once in an arithmetic class, the teacher taught the students that two plus two equals four. Edison must make the teacher understand why two plus two equals four. Although the teacher gave him a general explanation, he still couldn't meet his requirements. Therefore, the teacher called him "stupid". Edison was not satisfied with what he had learned, but always used his naive mind to explore the secrets of nature. However, his teacher failed to understand him. But decades later, Edison became a famous inventor.
Edison's story: never satisfied
As we all know, Edison had more than 1000 inventions in his life, and some of them achieved amazing success. He is famous himself. However, he has never been addicted to his own inventions, and he has been climbing new scientific fields. At the same time, he has always held a negative attitude towards his invention and constantly improved it. He himself said, "I will never be satisfied." Endless learning and continuous improvement is another outstanding feature of Edison. After he succeeded in inventing the battery, he set up a battery factory and mass-produced it, which has been selling well. But after a while, he found that there was something wrong with the battery. He couldn't find the reason at the moment and decided to improve the battery. However, the improvement will take time and energy, and the factory will be closed, which may not only reduce his prestige in inventing batteries, but also suffer huge economic losses. However, he decisively ordered the factory to close immediately. Many people are satisfied with his battery use and ask for more orders, but he won't accept it at all; He is not afraid of financial pressure. As a result, his improved battery was more successful than expected and soon sold well all over the country. His spirit was in sharp contrast with the businessmen who covered up inferior goods at that time. We have to win people's respect and praise.
Among his inventions, nothing shocked society at that time more than the phonograph. This is also his proud invention. He is deaf, and it is shocking to invent such a machine that can make sound. But when Edison invented it, he changed it again and again. Ten years later, he took the phonograph down from the dust on the shelf and decided to improve it. He really worked continuously for five days and nights before he succeeded. Such figures can fully prove his research spirit: only on the phonograph, he applied for more than 100 invention patents. When we see today's phonograph, don't forget that it is permeated with Edison's countless painstaking efforts. You can't do it without an endless learning spirit.
Edison's story: eating rabbits
One day, Edison received a visitor who insisted that Edison introduce the "secret" of tireless work. Edison was amused, because there was no secret in his tireless work, so he made a joke and told the visitors, "Just eat a rabbit every morning." The man believed it, got up to leave, and did it when he came back. However, after six weeks, the man was too tired to get up.
He doesn't pay attention to decoration, and often wears worn-out clothes stained with chemicals, especially in old age. Ordinary people think he is a cook, and newspapers often publish satirical articles about him. This just proves that he devoted all his efforts and energy to scientific research. 1872, when he was studying the automatic telegraph, he was fascinated by the experiment and his thoughts were highly concentrated. Once, he needed to go out to do an urgent thing. But when someone asked him his name, he couldn't remember it at the moment.
On the road of scientific research, Edison took solid steps, struggled with his heart, and really paid great physical strength and heart.
On his 77th birthday, someone asked him what his philosophy of life was. He answered; "work! Reveal the secrets of nature and make it the eyes of mankind. " This is the real motivation of his scientific research, but it is not a "secret".