Witnessing Edison at 75 is witnessing a man who transformed curiosity into power. His life evokes surprise, admiration, and awe, the emotional sparks behind scientific breakthroughs. At age 75, Thomas Edison held 1,093 patents, more than any American in history. He created the phonograph, the light bulb, and the motion picture camera, turning silence into sound, darkness into light, and stillness into moving images. Edison founded the world’s first industrial research lab in Menlo Park, hiring 60 inventors to mass-produce ideas. He tested over 6,000 materials to find the right filament for a practical light bulb. His Pearl Street power station lit 400 lamps in Manhattan in 1882, birthing the electric age. He not only built inventions, but also industries. Edison was a hero of mine.
1847 - 1931 Thomas Alva Edison “The Wizard of Menlo Park.”