The Life And Times Of Thomas Alva Edison

Author : Vinod Kumar Mishra
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN 13 : 8184302886
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Thomas Alva Edison written by Vinod Kumar Mishra and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Alva Edison; who transformed his childhood problem of deafness into an exemplary quality of concentration; did not get tired till his last. Despite being deprived of formal education; this great scientist studied literature and science with immense interest; acquired new patents on an average in every 15 days of his active life. Through him; the world entered into the modern era and it led to an onset of consumerism.

Author : Edmund Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 081299311X
Total Pages : 801 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edison written by Edmund Morris and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Morris comes a revelatory new biography ofThomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history.

Author : Robert E. Conot
Publisher : Bantam Books
ISBN 13 : 9780553131413
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Streak of Luck written by Robert E. Conot and published by Bantam Books. This book was released on 1980 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Matthew Josephson
Publisher : Plunkett Lake Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edison: A Biography written by Matthew Josephson and published by Plunkett Lake Press. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great folk hero in American history, Edison is viewed by the public as a facile inventor, the electrical wizard and the perfect symbol of the self-made and practical creator. But he was also a paradoxical figure: deaf, impoverished and with no formal education as a youngster, Edison nevertheless became a fertile and versatile inventor, accumulated fortunes for himself and others but remained indifferent to wealth except as a means towards more inventions. Edison’s key contributions include the carbon microphone, the electric light bulb, electricity distribution systems, the phonograph and the motion-picture camera. Edison’s methods were also remarkable: halfway between the craftsman-tinkerer of the early 19th century and the scientist of today, he established and ran pioneering research laboratories with large staffs, yet lacked training in mathematics or the basic sciences. Matthew Josephson’s Edison: A Biography won the Society of American Historians’Francis Parkman Prize in 1960. “This is an outstanding biography... [Josephson] establishes the developing relationship between finance and invention which constitutes the basis for Edison’s success... [He] has mastered the substance of Edison’s inventive activity and has written of it quite authoritatively and vividly.” — Thomas P. Hughes, Technology and Culture “... It is clear that there is reason to welcome yet another book about a man of whom so much has been written. It must have been precisely because so much in the Edison record is myth, fostered by adulators and by Edison himself that Mr. Josephson turned his skillful, corrective hand to a saga that may have seemed more familiar than it actually is. From his well-presented, well-written findings emerges a giant without whom much of life as we live it would simply not exist. It is a first-rate job that needed doing.” — John K. Hutchens, New York Herald Tribune “A well-researched account of the life of one of America’s authentic folk heroes--Thomas Alva Edison--an original creator with a genius for strategic invention... Thoroughly absorbing, this significant volume is a competent contribution to the history of American science, and gives not only a sharply drawn picture of this self-educated giant of invention, but also of the beginnings of the telegraph, electrical, record, motion picture and automobile industries, as well as the sociological changes that were wrought by Edison’s practical discoveries.” — Kirkus Review “A biography that is dignified, detailed, and objective, sprinkled with moments of humor, pathos, and drama... One of the chief virtues of this book is the care taken by the author to build up a realistic picture of Edison the man.” — F. Garvin Davenport,The American Historical Review

Author : David A. Adler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780823412464
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison written by David A. Adler and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An introduction to the genius with a curious mind who loved to experiment and who invented the phonograph, light bulb, movie camera, and numerous other items."--Title page verso.

Author : Margaret Frith
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0448437651
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? written by Margaret Frith and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-12-29 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison’s inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope, an early precursor to the movie camera. As a boy, observing a robin catch a worm and then take flight, he fed a playmate a mixture of worms and water to see if she could fly! Here’s an accessible, appealing biography with 100 black-and-white illustrations.

Author : Paul Israel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471362700
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edison written by Paul Israel and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ein Bestseller jetzt neu als Broschurausgabe! Die gebundene Ausgabe erzielte hervorragende Kritiken im Daily Telegraph, New Scientist, The Independent und in der Sunday Times - um nur einige zu nennen. Israel hatte erstmals Zugang zu Werkstatt-Tagebüchern, Briefen und mehr als fünf Millionen Seiten Archivmaterial. Auf der Basis dieser Informationen hat er die erste maßgebende Biographie von Edison verfaßt. Zum ersten Mal wird Edisons Karriere als Erfinder systematisch untersucht und bewertet. Im Detail wird erforscht, wie er u.a. mit der Erfindung des elektrischen Lichts, der Photographie und mehr als tausend anderen Dingen das 20. Jahrhundert prägte. Dies ist auch die erste Biographie, die Edison im Zusammenhang mit dem rapiden industriellen Wandel betrachtet, indem die Auswirkungen dieses Wandels auf seine Erfindungen beschrieben werden. Dieses Buch liefert eine Fülle neuer Informationen über Edison und seine Erfindungen. Eine interessante und spannende Lektüre. (y03/00)

Author : Mervyn D. Kaufman
Publisher : In the Hands of a Child
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thomas Alva Edison written by Mervyn D. Kaufman and published by In the Hands of a Child. This book was released on 1962 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the inventor who patented more than 1,100 inventions in 60 years, among them the electric light and the phonograph.

Author : Hourly History
Publisher : Hourly History
ISBN 13 : 1520674465
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thomas Edison written by Hourly History and published by Hourly History. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Edison passed on many decades ago, but his inventions still echo loudly through time. If you watch TV, listen to your favorite songs, or simply click on the lamp next to your bed, it was Thomas Edison who brought all of these innovations into the world. Inside you will read about... ✓ Edison's Early Life ✓ The Electric Light ✓ The War of the Currents ✓ Other Inventions and Projects ✓ Final Years and Death ✓ Edison's Legacy And much more! Edison is sometimes regarded as someone who loved arguing with other inventors who were going in different directions from him, yet his tenacity and dedication to his own work were what made so many of his inventions workable. No matter which way you look at Edison, from failed businessman, renowned inventor, distant father to his children, or to an argumentative scientist, there is one thing everyone can agree on; Thomas Edison was pure genius. After all, in his world, nothing less would do.

Author : David A. Adler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780823408207
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thomas Alva Edison written by David A. Adler and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the inventive genius who developed the electric light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture.