J S Chauhan 
Let us see the life events of the great scientists. We find they are hardworking, imaginative, and show perseverance, patience & unwavering focus. They never dwell on the past or failures. Thus, always looking ahead towards the future. The future is still awaiting. Therefore, the great discoveries are the outcome of the future dreams of the genius. They create the future. Here are some success stories of great scientists. These are inspirational stories.
Thomas Alva Edison
Edison is a seven-year-old boy. He attends school in his own city Port Huron. Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. He is not good at his studies. Hence, his friends are teasing him. Hence, making fun of him. After about six months, her teacher sends a letter to his mother about him. But the boy does not know what is there in the letter.
Edison: Mom, what is written in the letter?
The news is shocking. His mother starts crying. There are tears in her eyes.
Mom: My boy, you are very intelligent. There are no good teachers to teach you. From tomorrow, you will not go to school.
Her mother teaches him at home itself. He completes his schooling. Now he starts doing a job at the railway. Port Huron to Detroit. But he wants to do something extraordinary. Therefore, he starts his laboratory at Menlo Park. Hard work, imagination & self-learning make him an inventor. Thus, he invents the first incandescent light. Thus, he proves to his school friends that he is a genius.
Thomas Alva Edison happens to get the letter. The letter from the teacher to his Mother.
He unfolds the letter. ‘Your son Thomas Alva Edison is dull. He is very poor in studies. Therefore, we cancel his admission’.
Edison remembers her mother with tears in his eyes. Now he is a great scientist.
Sir Isaac Newton
It’s the year 1642. The place is the village of Woolsthorpe. It is in the Lincolnshire district of England. Hannah gives birth to a child. Unfortunately, his father dies just before his birth. After three years, his mother marries a wealthy person & they move to another place. Newton is with his grandmother. Newton is very weak. Physically as well as mentally. His grandparents enrol him in a school. But Newton is not so good at his studies.
Meanwhile, his stepfather dies. Therefore, his mother asks him to look after the farm. Thus, he leaves school. Start working as a farmer. But farming is not at all his interest. He wants to fly in the sky with celestial bodies. He wants to see the heavenly bodies.
His uncle helps him and admits him to school. This time, Newton gets the top rank. Hence, he gets admission to Trinity College. Newton completes his studies. His journey as a scientist starts from here. He gives the law of gravity, the laws of motion, and much more to the world. It was a great success in life.
Remember his quote: ‘Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is the truth’.Â
