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Edison and the rise of innovation, Leonard DeGraaf ; foreword by Bill Gates

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Edison and the rise of innovation, Leonard DeGraaf ; foreword by Bill Gates

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [234]-237) and index

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individual biography

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index present

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non fiction

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Edison and the rise of innovation

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bibliography

Oclc number

852259367

Responsibility statement

Leonard DeGraaf ; foreword by Bill Gates

Summary

"This book, produced in association with the Charles Edison Fund and the Edison Innovation Foundation, examines the prolific inventor through the vast museum collections of Thomas Edison National Historical Park. Drawing on Edison's personal notebooks, letters, company records, and rarely seen historic photographs and artifacts, park archivist Leonard DeGraaf unmasks the mythic, larger-than-life Wizard to reveal the Innovator who--beyond introducing groundbreaking inventions in electric lighting, sound recording, and motion pictures--revolutionized the way we develop new technologies."--Front flap of jacket

Table Of Contents

Foreword / Bill Gates -- Preface / John P. Keegan -- Introduction -- The education of an innovator -- The invention factory -- The tinfoil phonograph -- A big bonanza: Edison's electric lighting system -- From Menlo Park to West Orange -- A phonograph in every home -- Motion pictures -- Ore milling -- Portland cement -- Storage battery -- Edison in World War I -- Rubber -- Remembering the wizard

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