Thomas Edison

"When I was a young man, I longed to see how the steam engine worked and to learn as much as I could about electricity, batteries, magnetism and simple experiments. I was fascinated by chemistry and chemical reactions, so much so that one day I destroyed half of a building in an explosion. What trouble!

Although I have made thousands of inventions, what made me famous and changed the life of humanity was the electric light bulb. Yes, yes, the simple electric light bulb you have in your homes…"