Edison only attended primary school for three months in his life, and his knowledge came from his mother's teaching and self-study. His success should be attributed to his mother's understanding and patient teaching since childhood, which made Edison, who was originally considered an imbecile, become a world-famous "king of invention" when he grew up.

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 the improvement of human lifestyle.

"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.

The story of Edison

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."

Curious nature

Edison is the world-famous "King of Invention". He invented about 2000 kinds of things in his life, such as phonograph, electric light, movies, batteries and so on. Edison made a great contribution to mankind! In the history of world scientific development, his name is like a bright star, shining forever.

1847 In February, Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, USA.

When he was a child, he was very thin and did not like to talk. He is quiet, likes to think and think, and is always curious about what is happening around him. He often sits alone at the crossroads in the village, watching how the big elm tree grows green buds and how the autumn wind turns the maple leaves red. He also pondered for a long time: why does the sun always rise slowly in the east in the morning and hide behind the mountains in the west at night? Why are white clouds floating in the blue sky? ...

When Edison was five years old, one day, he suddenly disappeared. Dad was so anxious to look around that he finally found him squatting in a chicken coop!

What are you doing here? Dad asked strangely.

"I'm incubating chickens." Edison answered seriously. It turned out that the day before, he saw the hen lying on the eggs and hatched chicks, so he wanted to try it himself and see if he could hatch chicks.

Dad pulled him up with anger and laughter and said to him, "silly boy!" You can't hatch chickens! Go! "

Little Edison frowned and asked discontentedly, "Why can't I hatch chickens and hens?"

Edison is such a curious child. He wants to know everything and try everything himself.

On another occasion, he found a wild beehive on the fence of the garden. Ah, what's the secret? He looked in carefully as if the bees were not at home. What a great opportunity! He thought, I'd like to see what's in the wild beehive today. He picked up a stick and poked it in. This is terrible! A group of wild bees buzzed out of the nest and came straight at him. Suddenly, Edison's face was swollen like bread. He lost his stick and ran away.

He often goes to nearby sawmills and shipyards, and is particularly interested in all kinds of tools there. He is always pestering the master worker to ask questions. Sometimes people can't answer, so they have to say "I don't know". He kept asking "why don't you know". Edison is such a child.

When Edison was 7 years old, his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan. There, he goes to school

At that time, there were only three courses in school: reading, writing and arithmetic. In class, the teacher is bored, but he often punishes students with boards. It happened that Edison liked to get to the bottom of the matter and often asked the teacher to be tongue-tied. The teacher became angry from embarrassment and often called him a "fool" in public.

Edison couldn't stand such insults, and returned home in tears, telling his mother his grievances and saying that he would never enter the school again.

His mother used to be a teacher, and she knows more about educational methods. She sympathized with her son's situation and said angrily:

"Teachers can't treat students like this!" She took her son by the hand and found the school. She scolded the teacher and said, "if you can't teach such a student well, it only shows that you are incompetent!" I will personally educate him and show you what kind of person he can be! " In a rage, mother expelled Edison from school. After that, Edison left school.

When he got home, his mother called his nickname and said to him seriously, "Tom, from now on, I will teach you to read." Are you determined to learn well? "

Mother's words deeply touched Edison's heart. He replied with a rare serious expression: "Mom, don't worry! I must study hard and do something in this world when I grow up! "

Edison was very diligent and studious. With the specific guidance and patient help of his mother, he studied English, arithmetic, chemistry, geography, history ... among them, chemistry attracted him the most. He tried his best to find chemistry books and spent all his pocket money on experimental instruments and medicines.

The cellar at home became his "laboratory". On the wooden frame he made, there are more than 200 bottles containing various medicines. Every day after class with his mother, he ran into the cellar to do his beloved experiment. This is Edison's happiest thing.

One day, Edison looked up and saw birds flying freely in the sky, so an idea came to his mind: birds can fly, why can't people fly? Can you think of a way to make people fly to the sky? He pondered, and suddenly thought: If a person's body is full of gas, isn't it also rising to the sky like a balloon? After careful observation, Edison found that there was a powder that could produce gas. He was so happy that he mobilized his little friend Mijili to do an experiment. Edison made Mijili drink a large dose of powder. Soon, Mijili rolled on the ground with a stomachache and cried loudly, which alarmed the whole family. Mom and dad panic when they ask about the situation. They called the doctor quickly and saved Mijili's life. Dad was so angry that he gave Edison a good beating with a wicker whip. However, while Edison was being beaten, he was still thinking, "Mijili has been in the experiment, but he won't bear it." What a pity! "

Edison's recklessness made his mother very angry. She believes that most of these chemicals are toxic, and if they are eaten casually, they will be life-threatening. Little Tom is ridiculous! So, she scolded angrily: "You are not allowed to use this cellar again, and you are not allowed to do experiments again." Edison was so anxious that he was about to cry. He felt that he had done something wrong, and he was afraid that his mother would really refuse to do the experiment, so he begged her: "If I don't do the experiment, how can I learn knowledge?" How can we achieve something? "

The mother was secretly taken aback when she heard her son's words. It turns out that the child's oath is not casually said, but his ambition engraved in his heart. Mother lifted the ban and Edison's first chemistry laboratory survived.