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Discover the extraordinary life of Thomas Edison in this comprehensive biography by Edmund Morris. Delve into the world of one of history's most iconic inventors, renowned for perfecting the incandescent light bulb and creating groundbreaking technologies, including the phonograph and Kinetoscope. This trade paperback edition, published in 2021 by Random House US, spans 800 pages filled with in-depth research derived from Edison's extensive five-million-page archive. Morris has brilliantly transformed a once larger-than-life figure into a relatable polymath, revealing Edison's roles as a botanist, chemist, and naval strategist among others. This fascinating exploration offers a unique perspective on Edison's contributions to science and technology, making it an invaluable addition to personal libraries or as a thoughtful gift for history enthusiasts. With FREE shipping on this item, grab your copy today to uncover the intricate life of Thomas Edison and understand why his legacy continues to illuminate our world.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780812983210
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2021
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Pages: 800
Description:
Edison was arguably the most famous man in the world when he died in 1931, so revered for his perfection of the incandescent light bulb that President Hoover proposed darkening the entire United States for one minute on the night of his funeral. For the rest of the twenieth century, Edison's image-polished by his additional fame as the inventor of the phonograph, the Kinetoscope moving-picture camera, and the rechargable alkaline battery-solidified into marble, cold to the touch and impossible to penetrate. The man who once was jovial flesh, overwhelmingly charismatic despite the handicap of deafness, the lover of two wives and father of six children, the mogul who built up no fewer than 120 companies, the creator of the world's first research and development park, is now little understood, even though his name is still one of the most cited in the history of science and technology.
Edmund Morris has spent seven years exploring the prodigious, five-million-page archive of papers preserved under a bombproof concrete shell at the inventor's laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey-an archive supplemented by thousands of audio and film records and artifacts. In the process he has not only resurrected Edison, literarily speaking, as a human being, but as a polymath of staggering variety - Edison the botanist, the naval strategist, the iron miner, the chemist and telegrapher and audio producer and publisher. From age twelve onward, Edison was an open floodgate of what he modestly called "new things," inventing the electric pen, the
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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780812983210
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2021
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Pages: 800
Description:
Edison was arguably the most famous man in the world when he died in 1931, so revered for his perfection of the incandescent light bulb that President Hoover proposed darkening the entire United States for one minute on the night of his funeral. For the rest of the twenieth century, Edison's image-polished by his additional fame as the inventor of the phonograph, the Kinetoscope moving-picture camera, and the rechargable alkaline battery-solidified into marble, cold to the touch and impossible to penetrate. The man who once was jovial flesh, overwhelmingly charismatic despite the handicap of deafness, the lover of two wives and father of six children, the mogul who built up no fewer than 120 companies, the creator of the world's first research and development park, is now little understood, even though his name is still one of the most cited in the history of science and technology.
Edmund Morris has spent seven years exploring the prodigious, five-million-page archive of papers preserved under a bombproof concrete shell at the inventor's laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey-an archive supplemented by thousands of audio and film records and artifacts. In the process he has not only resurrected Edison, literarily speaking, as a human being, but as a polymath of staggering variety - Edison the botanist, the naval strategist, the iron miner, the chemist and telegrapher and audio producer and publisher. From age twelve onward, Edison was an open floodgate of what he modestly called "new things," inventing the electric pen, the
This product has FREE shipping however combined shipping for other products is not available with this item. Please allow up to 10 days for shipping
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