Recently, I briefly read the four legendary biographies of famous celebrities, namely "The Biography of Li Hongzhang" by Liang Qichao, "The Biography of Su Dongpo" by Lin Yutang, "The Biography of Zhu Yuanzhang" by Wu Han and "The Biography of Zhang Juzheng" by Xiong Zhaozheng. It can be said that these four major celebrity biographies have the same characteristics. They are basically biographies written for people in the officialdom. It can also be said that they are all biographies for people in the officialdom to read and learn from. You might say that "The Biography of Su Dongpo" should be regarded as a biography of a literati. In fact, the Song Dynasty in which Su Dongpo lived was an era where poetry and prose were the most important factors in obtaining official positions. Becoming a literati was the only way to become an official. Therefore, "The Biography of Su Dongpo" is not so much a biography of a scholar as it is a biography of an official's career. You might also say that "The Biography of Zhu Yuanzhang" should be the biography of an emperor, but aren't emperors the people who live in and are closest to officialdom?
I have said so many digressions, but I really just want to say one thing. Whether the authors of the so-called four major celebrity biographies are intentional or not, these four major celebrity biographies are actually quite specialized biographies. . So is there a biography of the inventor that can be read and studied specifically? Based on my personal reading experience, I feel that there are indeed some, and together they are enough to cover the biographies of one of the four major celebrities.
As a patent agent, in my daily communication with inventors, one thing that I empathize with is that many inventors cannot open up the idea of ????invention. Many inventors are too limited to their own small framework and small fields. . To put it simply, they lack the insight and vision that an inventor should have. But this kind of thing cannot be obtained from textbooks or technical documents, just as the way of being an official cannot be obtained from rules and regulations or official manuals. So just like the above-mentioned four celebrity biographies that people recommend intentionally or unintentionally for people in officialdom, I also want to recommend the four major celebrity biographies about inventors for inventors.
I hope that all inventors who are engaged in scientific research full-time or part-time, or anyone who loves life and inventions, can be inspired and open up their minds by reading these biographies of famous inventors. , broaden horizons and increase knowledge.
I have made the assertion that no inventor is world-famous for his inventions. In fact, most of the world-famous inventors are known as innovative entrepreneurs. Such as Edison, Akio Morita and Jobs, and Tesla is just the opposite example.
The reason why Tesla is a negative example will be understood after reading Tesla's autobiography. He is almost a unique inventive genius, but if Musk, who had no descendants, had made an electric car with the same name, his name would have almost disappeared into the dust of history. Therefore, real inventors are essentially entrepreneurs with innovative spirit, and only entrepreneurs with innovative spirit can become real inventors. In other words, invention must be market-oriented and oriented toward seeking excess profits, and does not need to be limited to a certain field or time. The reason why many experts in a certain technical field cannot become inventors with innovative ability and spirit is precisely because they habitually focus on their own fields and are indifferent or even indifferent to problems and developments in other fields. . But invention and innovation must be the result of the cross-collision of information from different sources and ideas from different destinations. Therefore, in order to become a real inventor and make a truly good invention, you must first open up the idea of ????invention.
I hope the celebrity biographies of these four inventors recommended below will be helpful to this.
These four inventors are Edison, Tesla, Akio Morita and Jobs.
The recommended version of the biography is:
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