Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
This sentence was said by Edison.
Edison was the first person in human history to use a large number of production principles and electrical engineering research laboratories to engage in invention patents, which had a great and far-reaching impact on the world.
The phonograph, movie camera and electric light he invented have great influence on the world. There are more than 2, inventions and more than 1, patents in his life. Edison was named the ninth among the 1 people who influenced the United States by the authoritative American periodical Atlantic Monthly.
Edison, with his life experience, confirmed his famous saying, "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." Invented the phonograph, movies, electric lights and more than 1 new things.
Edison inspired us to understand that as long as we are diligent in thinking, hands-on, firm in confidence and perseverance, each of us can become a genius.
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The background of Edison's statement:
In p>1912, Tesla and Edison were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics at the same time, but they gave up because they didn't want to share it. For ordinary scientists, winning the Nobel Prize may take a lifetime of effort.
For Tesla, winning the Nobel Prize is as easy as daily routine. If the food doesn't taste good, he would rather give it up.
Thomas Edison changed the world with incandescent lamps, and at the same time he was a business tycoon and an outstanding entrepreneur. In contrast, Tesla was a more pure scientist.
in p>1884, Tesla went to Edison's consortium to make an alternating current generator, and invented 24 patents in one year. However, Edison, who is famous for his direct current, obviously could not accept the challenge of alternating current that can be transmitted over a long distance, and the current war was out of control.
At the worst, Edison even used electrocution on animals and people to prove the danger and horror of alternating current.
in contrast, Tesla's experiments on himself show that there is no danger at all as long as alternating current is used properly.
at the Colombian Expo in 1893, Tesla helped westinghouse's Westinghouse to lose Edison's General Electric Company by a gap of 5, dollars, and won the power supply right for the Expo.
The alternator is used to perfectly present the dazzling light scene, which has made a great contribution to urban civilization. Therefore, the issue between the two people is getting deeper and deeper.
Everyone knows Edison's famous sentence-"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, but that one percent inspiration is the most important, even more important than that ninety-nine percent perspiration."
At first, it was tailored for Tesla to satirize that Tesla only knows how to work hard.