To reproduce what Thomas Edison did, with the tools and knowledge we have now, is very exciting,” said co-author James Tour, ...

The discoverer of the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the quadruplex telegraph, among other things, is one of ...

When Thomas Alva Edison was painstakingly testing carbonized filaments for his early light bulbs in 1879, he was chasing a ...

Thomas Alva Edison, who is considered to be one of the most prolific inventors in history, once said, “I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it.” His invention of the long ...

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When Arleen Rodríguez confidently proclaimed that “José Martí never knew electric light and was a genius,” she not only ...

EDISON (511 pp.)—Matthew Josephson—McGraw-Hill ($6.95). Thomas Alva Edison’s pet hates were “small-brained” capitalists and “bulge-head” professors. He disliked capitalists because they never put ...

As twilight descended over North Jersey on Dec. 9, 1914, an explosion tore through Thomas Edison’s laboratory complex. The blast originated in the West Orange facility's film inspection building.

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