Author: Matthew JosephsonPublisher: WileyISBN: 9780471548065Size: 20.48 MBFormat: PDF, ePub, DocsView: 7171DownloadRead Online
Depicts Edison as a pivotal figure in America's economic and industrial revolution success and at the same time as a human being, including his exploitative and, at times, crude qualities.

Author: Paul IsraelPublisher: WileyISBN: 9780471362708Size: 40.44 MBFormat: PDFView: 565DownloadRead Online
"-Kirkus Reviews The conventional story of Thomas Edison reads more like myth than history: With only three months of formal education, a hardworking young man overcomes the odds and becomes one of the greatest inventors in history.

Author: Jan AdkinsPublisher: Dk PubISBN: 9780756652074Size: 39.97 MBFormat: PDF, DocsView: 1551DownloadRead Online
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the inventor of the phonograph, the electric light bulb, and many other devices.

Author: Neil BaldwinPublisher: University of Chicago PressISBN: 9780226035710Size: 62.57 MBFormat: PDF, DocsView: 4274DownloadRead OnlineBIOGRAPHY he genius of America's most prolific inventor, Thomas Edison, is
widely acknowledged, and Edison himself has become an almost mythic figure.
But how much do we really know about the man who considered deriving rubber
from a goldenrod plant as opposed to the mastermind who gave us electric light?
In this fascinating biography, Neil Baldwin gives us a complex portrait of the
inventor himself — both myth and man — and a multifaceted account of the
intellectual ...

Author: Robert FriedelPublisher: JHU PressISBN: 9780801899447Size: 19.55 MBFormat: PDF, ePubView: 1713DownloadRead Online
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 ...

Author: Julia WallPublisher: Learning Media LtdISBN: 9780790311692Size: 57.92 MBFormat: PDF, KindleView: 6209DownloadRead Online
An introduction to the life of the man who developed the electric light bulb and many other inventions.