Did you know that Thomas Edison enjoyed reading Shakespeare and Thomas Paine. You would think that a brilliant man like him would enjoy reading other books related to science. Edison actually owned more than 10,000 books at home, and masses of printed materials at the lab. Now compared to me I only own about thirty books, and there’s a huge difference! While growing up around his family his nickname was Al. As an inventor Thomas got his own nickname which was,the Wizard of Menlo Park. Edison also nicknamed his kids Marion and Tom Dot and Dash after the telegraph code. Edison invented over 1,000 inventions during his time. Edison was a man of himself when it came to inventions, because he changed his mind all the time. A lot of times Edison would conduct experiments, and move on from it. As a teenager Thomas was fascinated by the telegraph. The most interesting fact about Thomas Edison was that he was deaf. It all happened one day when Thomas was running beside a train trying catch up to it to get on. A conductor then pulled him by his ear to get him aboard. Now right now you might be thinking who in world would do that. Well later that day Thomas began to feel something crack inside his ear. After that he began to lose his hearing until he was nearly deaf. Later on in life one of his son’s became deaf too. Edison became more to his own self, and devoted his time to his work. Thomas rarely took brakes and little naps. Deafness does change your life style, but I think it shouldn’t change who you are. Thomas Edison was basically miserable, and felt that his work was his goal in life. On the bright side Thomas was going to get the Nobel Prize in 1912 as a co recipient. Except his helper Nikola Tesla from his lab had disagreements with one another. In return to the disagreements Tesla left, and carried out success by himself. After Thomas Edison died a museum was named in honor of Thomas. The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan is called the Edison Institute.
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