| Term Paper Title | The Comparing Of Two Brilliant Minds |
| # of Words | 649 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 2.6 |
The Comparing of Two Brilliant Minds
Enc.1101
Comparison Essay
10/27/97
Who do you think of when someone refers to the most excellent minds that have ever lived? Perhaps, you might think of Albert Einstein, the inventor of the theory of relativity, Dr. Robert Jarvik, the inventor of the artificial heart, or Thomas Edison, the inventor of many things including the light bulb. Two of these great minds, Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, are comparable in their education, in their contributions, in their secret journals, and in their important lesson.
How could such prominent minds do so badly in school? Having as brilliant minds as they did, both Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison did poorly in school. Thomas Edison's teacher said he wouldn't make it past the fourth grade, amazing for someone who went on to think up the telephone, light bulb and telegraph. Albert Einstein, an accomplished theoretical phycist, his childhood teacher said he was a dunce in math; he even failed a college entrance exam. Their teachers criticized them about their low level of accomplishments in school, and they, in turn, showed the world what their brains could put out.
In showing the world what they could use their minds to do, Einstein thought up the theory of relativity and Edison thought up inventions like the telegraph, the telephone, and the light bulb. Such inventions miraculously transformed the world and are still used today. Edison received his idea of the light bulb when his mother's appendix ruptured at night. The doctor couldn't operate in the dark, so Thomas Edison took a kerosene lamp and a mirror and adjusted the mirror so that the light spread throughout the room. This idea saved his mother's life. Now, Einstein, on the other hand, didn't think of his idea in a life-threatening situation, but his new ideas of the theories of relativity were just as vital to change the world. His general theory of relativity explained gravitation as a...Read entire document
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