5 Untrained Amateurs Whose Genius Changed the World

By siliconindia  |   Wednesday, 30 May 2012, 00:22 IST   |    3 Comments
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Bangalore: Today’s generation people are very much concerned about getting higher education to get placed in well recognized companies. However, highly educated and smart candidates are much in demand for today’s employers as well. Nevertheless, here are few people whose genius changed the world, as they have contributed unique, ever appreciated inventions to the world. But what you need to take a note in them is that, none of them mentioned below had formal education, but still their level of intelligence helped them a lot in discovering and inventing new things. But, you must keep a note that, these personalities can inspire you for a great level, but in today’s life formal education is a must to start a good professional life. Here are the top 5 uneducated amateurs whose genius changed the world, as reported by John Champion on Cracked.com website.



1. Michael Faraday:



Faraday was a British scientist, chemist, physicist and also a philosopher. He worked at the London book shop without any sought of formal training. He was a genuine experimental genius and he is also considered as one of the most influential scientists of all time. Faraday was the person who greatly contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Before becoming a scientist by himself, Faraday asked for an assistant job with the London’s best scientist, Humphrey Davy, as he was interested towards the science field, but the request was declined.  Today, the world has recognized him as one of the best scientist.   



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