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1、Edison（greatnessofindividuals,education,success,goals……）WhatmadeEdisonsoextraordinarilysuccessful?Hewasbyanyreckoningabrilliantinventor,butthereweremanyotherfine,clevercontemporaryinventors,nowmostlyforgotten:ElishaGrayandGeorgePhelpsintelegraphy;EmileBerlinerintelephonyandsoundrecording;Edwa
2、rdWestoninelectricalinstrumentation;ElihuThomson,FrankSprague,andNikolaTeslainelectricalpowerandlighting.Edisonoutshonethemallinthebreadthofhisaccomplishmentsandthepublicrenownhegarnered.Hebroadenedthenotionofinventiontoincludefarmorethansimplyembodyinganideainaworkingartifact.Hisvisionencomp
3、assedwhatthetwentiethcenturywouldcallinnovation—invention,research,development,andcommercialization.Moreover,hecombinedaprodigiouscreativitywithacannysenseoftheemerginginfluenceofthepopularpress,andthereinliesthekeytohishistoricalstature.HismotherNancyhadapparentlytaughtschoolatsomepoint,andh
4、isfatherSamuel,apoliticalfirebrandandfreethinker,hadalibrarythatEdisonwasencouragedtoread.HeattendedschoolbrieflyfortwoperiodsinPortHuron,butwaslargelytaughtathomebyhismother."Mymothertaughtmehowtoreadgoodbooksquicklyandcorrectly,"helatersaid,"andasthisopenedupagreatworldinliterature,Ihavealw
5、aysbeenverythankfulforthisearlytraining."Atthesametimehewaslearningtheentrepreneurialwaysofhisfather,whosemanycareersincludedlandspeculation,shinglemaking,andtruckfarming.ThesameentrepreneurialattributesascribedtohisfatherwerelaterappliedtoEdison:"alivelydispositionalwayslookingonthebrightsid
6、eofthings"and"fullofmostsanguinespeculationastoanyprojecthetakesinhishead."In1929,thefiftiethanniversaryoftheelectriclamp,HenryFordstagedaceremonyattendedbyPresidentandMrs.Hooverandbroadcastacrossthecountry.OnEdison'sdeathin1931thepresidentaskedthenationtodimitslightsinhishonor.GalileoGalilei
7、(observation,greatness,science,)wasanItalianscientistwhoformulatedthebasiclawoffallingbodies,whichheverifiedbycarefulmeasurements.Heconstructedatelescopewithwhichhestudiedlunarcraters,anddiscoveredfourmoonsrevolvingaroundJupiterandespousedthe
