I want to really know who contributed more to science between Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein

josephni12:
I want to really know who contributed more to science between Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein

Books...you sabi read abi?

They don't even use Thomas Edison's light bulb in advanced countries anymore.

This is not a contest. Thomas Edison is nothing compared to Einstein.

Thomas who? You mean that businessman? stop insulting Einstein I beg, talk about Pasteur, Tesla and co..

Albert. Even Nikola Tesla was greater than Thomas Edison. Edison tried to discredit Tesla and his inventions , which a true genius would have never done.

It would be not prudent to compare them, but still I'd go with Albert Einstein.
The reason is clear; Einstein's famous 'thought experiment' was something that was never thought of previously (however there are claims that the conclusions drawn by Einstein were already contrived up by someone before, but let's just leave it), and still remains fundamentally correct.

Edison certainly has several patents to his name, more than a thousand, but then one should know the fact that it was not only Edison behind what these patents are. His whole team was behind the curtain, and their credits were credited to Edison. It also is easy to grasp that the inventions he did, like gramophone, voting machines, etc. (mind well light bulb wasn't invented by him, he just perfected it) could be made by other individuals sooner or later, he was just the 'first one'.

On the other hand, the ideas posed by Einstein are revolutionary, out of the box, yet true. Not only did he dare to establish his weird idea, but also proved them, mathematically, stating that he didn't hypothesize things. Until now, nobody and nothing has disproved Einstein's theory of relativity. It has stood shiningly through all the tests scientists have posed.

Edison also was not a better person by nature. He literally harassed Nikola Tesla, an other better genius counterpart of him, because Tesla just said that Edison's direct current system was inefficient; which led to the famous 'war of currents' between them, which was of course won by Tesla.

[b]For those who'll argue that there is no impact of Einstein's ideas on the common man compared to Edison's, here's something to read:
-Einstein's theories of relativity (both, general and special) play an important role in GPS navigation system most of us internet users rely upon.
-Einstein's paper about the photoelectric effect revolutionised the solar panels, which are likely to be one of the primary technology which is needed to be perfected for the future absence of the conventional energy sources. He got the Nobel prize for this.
-Due to his ideas, we've been able to understand the universe in a better way, and hence the astrophysics is flourishing.
-Electromagnets (which inarguably play a substantial role in every person's life) are better understood by Special theory of relativity. (Google 'relativistic electromagnetism')
For physicists, his ideas still serve as the supporting blocks to develop new theories.
-His prediction that gravity 'bends' the space-time and hence light, ruptured Sir Newton's theory about Gravity; now we know Gravity better.
-His concept of bending of space-time helped physicists understand the presence of dark matter.
-His one of the spookiest theory about Quantum Entanglement was later proved to be correct, which might (repeat, might) provide an insight on the development of technology for teleportation.
Yes, he has made certain mistakes, but they still fail Edison to elevate intellectually compared to Einstein, in my opinion.
The bottom line:
Mother earth could have given birth to an other Edison, but Einstein is unique. [/b]
Also I have the graceful Time magazine to back me up:
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Comparison is out of it. If you really enjoy physics, you will know the difference. It's not just about reading about their achievement.

Ask quora lol

OP you're just unnecessarily silly..

Must one be greater than the other? Must it be a competition? What is your point sef?

Those f0olish folks talking about Edison's bulb not being in use, you don't know technology is always modified?

thomas edison for present technology;einstein for future tech:

edision's contributions are more useful presently,while einstein's contribution will be very useful in future.



Edision remains the greatest,most relentless,most hardworking and most impactful inventor ever.

Thomas contributions/handiworks are seen in almost all appliances u use at home

op are u even a student at all? Even an art student knws albert einstein contributed more. Abi jonathan and buhari who has contributed more to nigeria.

Seun I Know. He give me Nairaland.

All those E= mc2 and yeye equation dem, apart from blackboard and exam paper, I never see how to use am get money.

Albert naani

Edison is the greatest inventor that ever liveth# So that settle the question

I'll go for Edison because he's invention is more usefull than Einstein's

Einstein o..... Though Edison made some plenty great invention (over 1000 patent invention), buh Einstein innovation were break through, nuclear energy, theory of relativity etc

Which of them invented this, I guess ds inventor is more useful than both put together

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Leonardo Da Vinci

Stop comparing the two..

Edisson is jusy an investor.. Einstein made us understand how the world works better.

Einstein I believe. He is a thinker, innovator, philosopher, an all round scientist. Edison is more of a businessman and capitalist with passion to bring great things to life through its General Electric.

I think the best comparation will have been between Einstein and Tesla

This comparison of yours is like Comparing Dangote to Dogara!!!!


Do good for good to come your way!!!!

Teempakguy:
They don't even use Thomas Edison's light bulb in advanced countries anymore.

This is not a contest. Thomas Edison is nothing compared to Einstein.

if u think bulb is only edison's contribution,then u must be joking

They both contributed to humanity in their own way as their knowledge brought about advancement.

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Einstein is the greatest scientist ever. The only person to be compared in the same breadth with him should be isaac Newton..

To the whole world , il give it to Thomas Edison but to Americans it will be Einstein

Definitely Thomas cannot be in the same league as Albert. You have a lot of reading(learning) to do.

Three Greatest Thinkers of all time according to Wall Street Journal, a stauch advocate of Capitalism..
Albert Einstein,Sigmund freud and Karl Marx..

Thank You

Einstein of course
Some people have given the reasons above by stating some of his achievements but let me simplify it as much as I can for non-science people.
Imagine being told that "time" as you know it is not constant but two different people will read different times on their clocks if they are both moving at different speeds that is large enough.
That time will also be slower for those of us that are on ground than those that are flying in an airplane for the same event. (gravitational time dilation). In other words, if your twin brother left the ground and was living far above on mountain everest (if it were possible), after so many years, he would have been older than you even if both of you time yourselves with the same accurate clock (say an atomic clock).
The application of these concepts is what makes it possible for your GPS to tell you what exact position that you are on earth accurately.
Another thing that may sound strange to you; When you drop a stone from a height, especially where there is no air to push against it as it falls, ordinarily you would expect the stone's speed to keep increasing until it hits the ground right? Well, that's not true. In fact, right from the moment it started dropping, its speed remains the same! And it never changes throughout it's fall. You only think it's increasing because it's you who is actually "moving" relative to the stone. Any object moving in space ordinarily does so at a uniform speed including your stone. We always assumed that the earth has a force from within it that pulls us to herself and therefore makes our speed increase with time (acceleration by Newton's Idea), but it's not true. There is no force from within the earth. That's why when you fall freely in a lift for instance, you feel as if you have no weight, as if there is no force whatsoever acting on you. Because there is actually none. Now the reason might get a little confusing. Space and time bends around a massive object like the earth, so although your falling stone covers an equal distance in every second( constant speed) in the real sense, to you it's speed is increasing because you are judging it based on a curved/bent space and time.
These ideas have helped us understand better the nature of our universe, where it started from (big bang), where it will possibly lead to, the application of space technology in forecasting disease outbreaks on a farm, disaster management, solid mineral exploration, defence and security, weather forecast, even in public health as well as GIS/GPS.
Einsteins works are evolutionary!

tesla would have been a better comparison with Eisenstein, to show you how real their competition was they loathed each other

Over to the science students in the block! I'm an art student, but yeah, I kno little abt dem too, so I'm nt d dumb type btw!!!
But I can't categorically state who is greater, unless I ask my brother 'google'