In this article entitled, “Polymath who
Dreams up More Contraptions Than Edison”, Ashlee Vance, involves “Lowell Wood is the American’s top idea man for many years.” According to Vance, Wood is one of the remarkable inventors of U.S. since he has more than 3,000 inventions. His
US Patent No. 9,075,906 for “Medical support system including medical equipment case” beat the record set by Thomas Alva Edison. Wood used a specific strategy of learning new material through repetition and effort, and this strategy helped him to achieve his goals. So, he obtained undergraduate degrees in chemistry and math from UCLA; and a doctorate in astrophysics. After that, in 1972, Wood obtained a job at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he worked