Edison: Inventing the Century
by Neil Baldwin
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Biography of inventor and businessman, Thomas A. Edison, who developed the light bulb, the phonograph, motion pictures, and other innovations that began the technological revolution of the 20th century.Tags
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2778 Edison: Inventing the Century, by Neil Baldwin (read 26 Aug 1995) This is a 1995 biography. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on Feb 11, 1847, and died at his New Jersey home Oct 18, 1931. Some of the stuff on his work was too technical for me to fully appreciate, but in general this was a good book. His six kids had interesting lives and they are told about also. The light bulb, the phonograph, and motion pictures all owe much to him. In his lifetime he was called the greatest living American. He worked hard, but his kids didn't get much fathering from him. This book was well worth reading.
So far, i am totally gripped with the narration! Easy language, nice childhood anecdotes and his struggle accounts for a enjoying read!
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Neil Baldwin is executive director of the National Book Foundation.
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- Original publication date
- 1995
- People/Characters
- Thomas Edison (Thomas Alva Edison)
- Important places
- Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA
- Epigraph
- Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time - Frederick Jackson Turner, An American Definition of History, 1891
A. B. Dick, the mimeograph manufacturer, saw Thomas Edison in Paris during the great Electrical Exhibition of 1889, and they renewed their old acquaintance over lunch. Mr. Dick told me, "Mr. Garrity, I can remember it just as... (show all) if it occurred yesterday. Edison threw his arm over my shoulder as we were walking down the street from the restaurant, and said, 'Dick, I would give everything I own to be a young man like you again because there is so much I want to accomplish before I die. I won't get 1/10 of 1% of it done!' I was 33, and Mr. Edison was 42." - Patrick Garrity, member of the "Edison Pioneers," 1918
The old nations of the earth keep on at a snail's pace. The Republic thunders past with the rush of the express train. - Andrew Carnegie, Triumphant Democracy, 1886
Inventors must be poets so that they may have imagination. - Thomas A. Edison, 1925 - Dedication
- Once again, for Roberta
- First words
- Because you are about to read a big, American story with a household name at its centerpiece, I would like to caution you against looking only for the expected landmarks along the road. (from the Preface)
In the beginning, two Dutch Edesons -- pronounced with a long A at the start -- arrived in America. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He died on November 24, and Ann, as had been her custom for seventy years, followed her husband, succumbing to heart failure on January 28, 1993.
- Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology
- DDC/MDS
- 621.3 — Applied science & technology Engineering Applied physics Electronics & Computers
- LCC
- TK140 .E3 .B25 — Technology Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 4
