"King of Inventions" Edison
No one will be surprised how common and common these things are in today's technologically advanced world. But do you know how crucial and ecstatic these things were to people at that time? Humanity therefore remembers their inventor - Edison.
Edison, known as the "King of Inventions", is a famous American scientist and inventor. During his lifetime, he had 1,328 inventions registered with the patent office alone. How could a person who had only read books for three months have so many inventions and creations? I think if you have heard the story of "Edison hatching chickens", you will understand that his success stems from strong curiosity.
In 1847, Edison was born into a business family in Milan, Ohio, USA. When he was very young, Edison showed a strong curiosity. Whenever he saw something he didn't understand, he would grab the corners of adults' clothes and ask them non-stop, always asking the ugly ones.
One day, he pointed to the hen that was hatching eggs and asked his mother: "Why is the hen sitting with the eggs under its butt?" His mother said: "Oh, they are hatching chicks!" In the afternoon, Edison suddenly disappeared. The family looked around anxiously and finally found him in the chicken coop. It turned out that he was squatting in the chicken coop with many eggs under his buttocks to hatch chicks! After seeing this, his parents couldn't laugh or cry, so they had to pull him out, wash his face and wash his clothes. Another time, he saw birds flying freely in the sky and thought: Since birds can fly, why can't people fly? So, he found a kind of medicinal powder for his little friend to eat, in order to make him fly into the sky. As a result, the little friend almost died, and Edison was severely beaten by his father.
Finally, when Edison reached the age of 8, his parents sent him to a rural primary school, thinking that from now on he would be able to go to school safely. Unexpectedly, he still loves to get to the bottom of things, and often leaves the teacher dumbfounded and embarrassed. Once in an arithmetic class, the teacher wrote "2 2 = 4" on the blackboard. Edison immediately stood up and asked: "Teacher, why does 2 plus 2 equal 4?" This question stopped the teacher. He thought Edison was a A troublemaker, he was always at odds with his teacher, so after three months of classes, Edison was driven home by his teacher.
Edison’s mother was a great mother. She did not blame him for sending her only son back. On the contrary, he decided to educate the child well by himself. When she discovered that Edison was curious and particularly interested in physics and chemistry, she bought him books about physics and chemistry experiments. Edison followed the book and started experiments alone. It can be said that this is Edison's enlightenment education for scientific inventions.
When Edison grew up, he learned the technology of sending and receiving radio messages. He found work as a night operator on the Stratford Railway Station. According to regulations, the night shift operator must send a signal to the train director once every hour after 9 pm, regardless of whether he or she has something to do. In order to have a good rest at night and be able to delve into inventions and creations during the day, Edison designed a telegraph machine to automatically send signals on time. This was the prototype of the telegraph.
Not long after, he improved the telegraph machine. After many tests, a new telegraph machine was successfully trial-produced. Edison looked at the machine he invented and smiled happily.
It should be said that every invention of Edison is closely related to his curiosity. After he invented the telegraph, he began experimenting with the telephone. He discovered that the diaphragm in the microphone could vibrate in response to the sound of speech, so he observed it carefully and made detailed records in his notebook. From this, a "talking machine" was created. When people heard the news, they came to watch one after another and called him "the greatest inventor". Therefore, curiosity is a prerequisite for a person to succeed and show wisdom.
Not only famous scientists need curiosity, but we ordinary people also need curiosity if we want to learn knowledge and achieve something.
In July 1991, the Ministry of Science and Technology of Guangming Daily conducted a questionnaire survey among 118 middle school students who won prizes in the National Youth Science and Technology Invention Competition. In the column "Your main psychological characteristics", 92% of the students wrote "Curiosity" powerful". He Ji, a young man from No. 1 Middle School in Daoxian County, Lingling Prefecture, Hunan Province, went to the chicken shed to collect eggs one day and couldn't help but curiously wondered: Why are the eggs so big on one end and so small on the other? Does the big head emerge from the mother's body first or the small head emerges from the mother's body first? In order to figure out this problem, he rushed home immediately after school every day, squatted by the chicken shed and observed quietly, sometimes even forgetting to eat dinner. More than two months later, He Ji finally discovered that eggs emerge from the mother's body with the big head first. To this end, he wrote a paper and was praised by many biologists. His discovery was actually a new discovery that had not been recorded in the bird literature.
Being successful requires curiosity, but having curiosity does not mean that you will be successful. If you want to achieve something, you still need to put in hard work. Curiosity is like a seed. Without seeds, towering trees cannot grow. People without curiosity cannot invent or create. After the seeds are sown in the black soil, after people's watering and cultivation, they will gradually break out of the soil and grow from seedlings into pillars. With curiosity, coupled with sweat and hard work, you will definitely become a useful talent. Dr. Li Zhengdao, a famous contemporary physicist, said: "Curiosity is very important. You cannot do science without curiosity. The reason is very simple. Only curiosity can ask questions and solve problems. The terrible thing is that you can't ask questions and you can't take the first step. "Because curiosity is so important, many people call curiosity the first virtue of successful people. For a young man who is ambitious and eager to succeed, curiosity is the most valuable thing.