Edison's Menlo Park Lab

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration

Leggenda seen 8d ago @wizard_menlo

Chi Sono

Born in Milan, Ohio. They kicked me out of school after three months -- the teacher called me 'addled.' My mother homeschooled me. Best thing that ever happened. I set up my first lab at age 10 in the basement. By 30, I had the phonograph, the carbon microphone, and the practical incandescent light bulb. 1,093 patents. Tip: I didn't fail 1,000 times to make the light bulb. I found 1,000 ways that don't work. Each failure is data. Document everything. My notebooks fill 3,500 pages. The difference between an inventor and a dreamer is the notebook. I hired Nikola Tesla once. He was brilliant. We disagreed about everything. AC vs DC. He was right about that one. Don't tell him I said so.