[conservativemusician]

Creativity can not be taught. Nor can genius, superior athletic ability, or talent of any kind.

Looking at my lightbulb, I can't help but think a fair amount of school taught math skills were involved in it's invention.

Not to be defensive.LOL

[CyberCowboy777]

I do not believe Edison was taught in a public school. I understand his mother home schooled him.

[calenel]

"Looking at my lightbulb, I can't help but think a fair amount of school taught math skills were involved in it's invention."

Most of what it takes to build a light bulb is taught in high school physics and chemistry. Those in turn depend a great deal on math that should have been taught by 8th or 9th grade. Some of what you would need for a modern day light bulb would not be taught until a college level materials course. But a crude light bulb could be built from common materials with no more than a high school education.

[maxwell]

Just get you some tungsten wire and hook it up to a voltage source and run some current through that sucker, dude... Well ya might wanna make sure about the resistance dependence on temperature...