Alessandro Volta Argumentative Essay

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Thesis:
Despite Thomas Edison receiving most of the credit for his version of the light bulb, he should not be credited completely, since the light bulb arose from the thinking of many scientist ranging from muckers all the way to individual scientists such as Joseph Swan.

T/S 1
Despite Edison's success with the revolutionary invention, the Italian inventor, Alessandro Volta, was the first to create a spark towards the idea that flourished which was long before Edison's final product. In 1800 Alessandro Volta was one of the first to strive towards the creation of a source of light however, when he began he took the path of using metals for his invention. He believed that
“Each metal had a certain power, which is different from metal to metal, …show more content…

While many believe that Edison comes from an educated background due to his success, it is clear that he was not a scientist. In fact, Edison's real talent was his ability to clearly judge a problem and his determination in experimenting as he was the master of the trial and error method (Anderson, 8).
Therefore, Edison was a strong believer in hard work and education as he was not a strong believer of education, as he stated in 1902 for the Harper’s Monthly Magazine of 1932 ,“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration” (Qtd in Anderson, 58). T/S 4
Due to Edison's lack of education, he needed people to be his brains, therefore, he hired educated scientists to guide him towards a successful light bulb.

In late 1875 Edison purchased approximately thirty four acres which soon became Menlo Park and where Edison's office was located. Edison had a team that would work for him hence, (The History..) Edison made up for his lack of scientific training by hiring people with the expertise that he lacked (Anderson

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