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Thomas Alva Edison
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Author : Gene Adair
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1996-08
Thomas Alva Edison written by Gene Adair and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-08 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Details the life and work of Thomas Edison, who developed the electric light bulb and over 1000 patents for other inventions and innovations.
Thomas Edison
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Author : Richard Hantula
language : en
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Release Date : 2004-07-08
Thomas Edison written by Richard Hantula and has been published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-08 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Explores the life and career of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the electric light bulb, the phonograph, and many other innovations.
Thomas Edison
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Author : Linda Tagliaferro
language : en
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Release Date : 2003-01-01
Thomas Edison written by Linda Tagliaferro and has been published by Twenty-First Century Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the electric lighting system and the phonograph.
Edison
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Author : Neil Baldwin
language : en
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Release Date : 1995
Edison written by Neil Baldwin and has been published by Hyperion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A biography of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison.
Edison
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Author : Edmund Morris
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2019-10-22
Edison written by Edmund Morris and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris comes a revelatory new biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time • Publishers Weekly • Kirkus Reviews Although Thomas Alva Edison was the most famous American of his time, and remains an international name today, he is mostly remembered only for the gift of universal electric light. His invention of the first practical incandescent lamp 140 years ago so dazzled the world—already reeling from his invention of the phonograph and dozens of other revolutionary devices—that it cast a shadow over his later achievements. In all, this near-deaf genius (“I haven’t heard a bird sing since I was twelve years old”) patented 1,093 inventions, not including others, such as the X-ray fluoroscope, that he left unlicensed for the benefit of medicine. One of the achievements of this staggering new biography, the first major life of Edison in more than twenty years, is that it portrays the unknown Edison—the philosopher, the futurist, the chemist, the botanist, the wartime defense adviser, the founder of nearly 250 companies—as fully as it deconstructs the Edison of mythological memory. Edmund Morris, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, brings to the task all the interpretive acuity and literary elegance that distinguished his previous biographies of Theodore Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, and Ludwig van Beethoven. A trained musician, Morris is especially well equipped to recount Edison’s fifty-year obsession with recording technology and his pioneering advances in the synchronization of movies and sound. Morris sweeps aside conspiratorial theories positing an enmity between Edison and Nikola Tesla and presents proof of their mutually admiring, if wary, relationship. Enlightened by seven years of research among the five million pages of original documents preserved in Edison’s huge laboratory at West Orange, New Jersey, and privileged access to family papers still held in trust, Morris is also able to bring his subject to life on the page—the adored yet autocratic and often neglectful husband of two wives and father of six children. If the great man who emerges from it is less a sentimental hero than an overwhelming force of nature, driven onward by compulsive creativity, then Edison is at last getting his biographical due.
Thomas Alva Edison
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Author : Christopher Lampton
language : en
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
Release Date : 1991
Thomas Alva Edison written by Christopher Lampton and has been published by Cavendish Square Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Perhaps the world's greatest inventor, Edison was issued 1,092 patents during his lifetime.
The Wizard Of Menlo Park
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Author : Randall E. Stross
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2007-03-13
The Wizard Of Menlo Park written by Randall E. Stross and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Thomas Edison’s greatest invention? His own fame. At the height of his fame Thomas Alva Edison was hailed as “the Napoleon of invention” and blazed in the public imagination as a virtual demigod. Starting with the first public demonstrations of the phonograph in 1878 and extending through the development of incandescent light and the first motion picture cameras, Edison’s name became emblematic of all the wonder and promise of the emerging age of technological marvels. But as Randall Stross makes clear in this critical biography of the man who is arguably the most globally famous of all Americans, Thomas Edison’s greatest invention may have been his own celebrity. Edison was certainly a technical genius, but Stross excavates the man from layers of myth-making and separates his true achievements from his almost equally colossal failures. How much credit should Edison receive for the various inventions that have popularly been attributed to him—and how many of them resulted from both the inspiration and the perspiration of his rivals and even his own assistants? This bold reassessment of Edison’s life and career answers this and many other important questions while telling the story of how he came upon his most famous inventions as a young man and spent the remainder of his long life trying to conjure similar success. We also meet his partners and competitors, presidents and entertainers, his close friend Henry Ford, the wives who competed with his work for his attention, and the children who tried to thrive in his shadow—all providing a fuller view of Edison’s life and times than has ever been offered before. The Wizard of Menlo Park reveals not only how Edison worked, but how he managed his own fame, becoming the first great celebrity of the modern age.
The Papers Of Thomas A Edison
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Author : Thomas A. Edison
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 1989
The Papers Of Thomas A Edison written by Thomas A. Edison and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Gathers sketches, notebook entries, letters, articles, patent information, and financial papers from the beginning of Edison's career as an inventor
Thomas Alva Edison
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Author : Greg Roza
language : en
Publisher: Britannica Educational Publishing
Release Date : 2015-01-01
Thomas Alva Edison written by Greg Roza and has been published by Britannica Educational Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Most readers will recognize the name, but their information might be limited to Thomas Alva Edison's most famous inventions, including the light bulb, phonograph, and motion picture camera. This brief introductory biography introduces young readers to Edison's extraordinary life and brilliant mind. Beginning with his younger years, this book guides readers through his school and work experiences, highlighting his inspirations and other talents, such as salesmanship. An overview of his many later inventions make clear why he was called the "Wizard of Menlo Park" and has such a prominent place in history.
Edison S Electric Light
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Author : Robert Friedel
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2010-07-19
Edison S Electric Light written by Robert Friedel and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-19 with Technology & Engineering categories.
In September 1878, Thomas Alva Edison brashly—and prematurely—proclaimed his breakthrough invention of a workable electric light. That announcement was followed by many months of intense experimentation that led to the successful completion of his Pearl Street station four years later. Edison was not alone—nor was he first—in developing an incandescent light bulb, but his was the most successful of all competing inventions. Drawing from the documents in the Edison archives, Robert Friedel and Paul Israel explain how this came to be. They explore the process of invention through the Menlo Park notes, discussing the full range of experiments, including the testing of a host of materials, the development of such crucial tools as the world's best vacuum pump, and the construction of the first large-scale electrical generators and power distribution systems. The result is a fascinating story of excitement, risk, and competition. Revised and updated from the original 1986 edition, this definitive study of the most famous invention of America's most famous inventor is completely keyed to the printed and electronic versions of the Edison Papers, inviting the reader to explore further the remarkable original sources.