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This was a delightful short read that kept to the basics of edison's life.
This is a pretty good overview, with all of edison's major inventions mentioned.
The monograph gives a succinct summary of edison's life.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
He gave us so much such as the incandescent light the phonograph and movie projector plus over 2000 inventions
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
One of the biggest surprises for me when reading this bio was that thomas edison did not invent the electric light bulb he improved upon it and successfully marketed it
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He cheated nikola tesla and he was known to be very cheap
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
While he did make money on his inventions he also lost money had patent disputes in the courts and turned much of his profits back into his inventions and therefore he was not a wealthy as many assumed
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
He very stubbornly believe dc current was the only viable way for households to have electricity and he argued against alternating current to his detriment and it is interesting that nikola tesla who he cheated would therefore win in the ac current argument
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have found 10000 ways that wont work
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Like all the hourly history series books this is a quick read 50 pages
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Of course they would all be wrong