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A short story of a scientist (short story)
Newton was so absorbed in scientific research that he often forgot the little things in life. Once, the old lady who cooked for Newton had something to go out, so she put the eggs on the table and said, "Sir! I'm going shopping. Please boil an egg for yourself. Newton, who was absorbed in calculation, gave a "hmm" without looking up. When the old nanny came back, she asked Newton if the eggs were cooked. Newton said without looking up, "Yes! ""The old lady lifted the lid and was shocked: a pocket watch was actually cooked in the pot, but the eggs were still in the same place. It turned out that Newton was busy calculating and threw his pocket watch into the pot at random.

Newton is alone in the orchard at home. Because he walked and thought, he accidentally bumped into an apple tree in the garden. At this moment, an apple just hit Newton's head. Newton suddenly woke up from the problem and picked up the apple. At this time, he fell into another problem: why did the apple fall to the ground instead of floating in the sky? Finally, Newton put forward a universal law of the simplest phenomenon: gravity.

When Franklin was seven years old, there was a festival where adults gave him a lot of money. Franklin is going to use this huge sum to buy some toys in the shop. On the way, he saw a boy whistling proudly. He was completely fascinated by the whistle and exchanged all his money for the boy's whistle.

When he got home, Franklin proudly blew his whistle around the house, but he disturbed the whole family. After his family knew about his transaction, they told him that he paid four times more than the original price for this whistle, and let him know that the extra money could buy more and better things.

Boyle1627 65438+1was born in an aristocratic family in Ireland on October 25th. My father is an earl and his family is very rich. He is the youngest of the fourteen brothers. Boyle was not particularly smart when he was a child, and he stuttered a little. He doesn't like lively games very much, but he is studious and likes reading and thinking quietly.

He has received a good education since he was a child. 1639 to 1644, studying in Europe. During this period, he read many natural science books, including the famous book Dialogue between Two World Systems by astronomer and physicist Galileo. This book left a deep impression on him. His later masterpiece The Doubtful Chemist was based on this book.

7. Edison only attended primary school for three months in his life, and his knowledge came from his mother's teaching and self-study. His success should be attributed to his mother's understanding and patient teaching since childhood, which made Edison, who was originally considered an imbecile, become a world-famous "king of invention" when he grew up.

8. Edison was curious about many things since he was a child, and he liked to try it himself until he understood the truth. When he grew up, he devoted himself to research and invention according to his interest in this field. He established a laboratory in New Jersey, and invented the electric light, telegraph, phonograph, film machine, magnetic mineral analyzer, crusher and so on for more than 2000 kinds of things in his life. Edison's strong research spirit made him make great contributions to the improvement of human lifestyle.