Thomas Edison throughout his life never quite grasp the mythology of mathematics. He has never liked the subject and that was it. Edison was clever enough to hire mathematicians and therefore he never had to worry about how mathematics was done because he had people who he could rely on to get geometry of the things he was inventing right. Thomas Edison decided at an early age that his future would be in finding ways of making people's lives better, Thomas Edison was an inquisitive child, he just wanting to know how things works. Edison 's honours are almost as plentiful as his inventions. In 1878, he was gratified with the name Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. In 1892, he was favourable approved the Albert Metal of the Society of Arts of Great Britain. In 1928, he was commended with the Congressional Gold Medal for "Development and Application of Inventions. The joyful Edison accepted each of his approbation with the exuberance of a child getting their first toy. Edison was experimenting with the telephone and the telegraph when he inadvertidly stumbled upon the phonograph, and with glee in his eyes he shouted; Eureka! The phonograph truly became his most original invention, he never worked less than 112 hours per week. He had a massive appetite for knowledge, he read many books on electricity, mechanics, chemical analysis, manufacturing, and technology. Thomas Edison discovery of the phonograph took place in 1877, and led him to devote most of his energy into the development of the phonograph as it became his greatest passion and most beloved of all his other inventions. Thomas Edison was aged 30 when he patent the phonograph which he described then as the "talking machine." He said "hello" and the machine repeated the hello. |
