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Language
English
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"In this historical thriller about the nature of genius, the cost of ambition, and the battle to electrify America, a young lawyer fresh out of Columbia Law School takes a case that seems impossible to win. His client, George Westinghouse, has been sued by Thomas Edison over who invented the light bulb"--
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
37 p. : col. ills. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shares a portrait of the inventor famed for such innovations as the incandescent lightbulb, batteries and movie cameras, exploring his life-changing achievements and perseverance in the face of numerous failures.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
From the lightbulb to the phonograph to the movies, Thomas Edison was the mastermind behind many inventions that are taken for granted today. But how did he grow up to be a legendary inventor? Michael Dooling explores the origins of Edison's scientific genius: his interest in mixing chemicals-sometimes with explosive results-his diligence in his work as a paperboy, and his difficulty paying attention in school. Through his clear text and stunning...
14) Thomas Edison
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo & Daughters Pub
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill., (mostly col.), maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sketches the life of the "Wizard of Menlo Park," the man who patented more than one thousand inventions, the most important of which was the electric light bulb.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Language
English
Description
In the final decades of the nineteenth century, three brilliant and visionary titans of America's Gilded Age-Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse-battled as each vied to create a vast and powerful electrical empire. In Empires of Light, historian Jill Jonnes portrays this extraordinary trio and their riveting and ruthless world of cutting-edge science, invention, intrigue, money, death, and hard-eyed Wall Street millionaires. At the...
20) A streak of luck
Author
Publisher
Trade distribution by Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
©1979
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 565 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The biography of the most prolific inventor in history--Thomas Edison. It is a complete biography, telling a story quite different from that of the legendary Edison of the past.
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