The Swedish engineer who invented the zip fastener made a greater intellectual leap than many scientists do in a lifetime.
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I wanted to be an inventor, whatever I thought that meant then. I guess I was thinking of Edison or maybe James Watt. Or maybe even Newton.
Humans have always used our intelligence and creativity to improve our existence. After all, we invented the wheel, discovered how to make fire, invented the printing press and found a vaccine for polio.
Calculus, the electrical battery, the telephone, the steam engine, the radio - all these groundbreaking innovations were hit upon by multiple inventors working in parallel with no knowledge of one another.
A lot of the Google inventions came from engineers just screwing around with ideas. And then management would see them, and we'd say, 'Boy, that's interesting. Let's add some more engineers.'
I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.
People have laughed at all great inventors and discoverers.
People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people.
Intellectual curiosity drove Einstein to some of the world's most important discoveries.
All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness.
The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.