Edison - Inventing the Century

Summary

How much do we really know about Thomas Edison, the man who considered deriving rubber from a goldenrod plant as opposed to the genius who gave us electric light? This text gives a complex portrait of the inventor and an account of the intellectual climate of the country he worked in and changed.

Product details

• Authors: Baldwin, Neil Baldwin, Baldwin Neil
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.04.2001
• EAN: 9780226035710
• ISBN: 978-0-226-03571-0
• No. of pages: 542
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 24 mm x 4 mm
• Weight: 765 g
• Series: emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith; mersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Telecommunications, United States of America, USA, Biography: historical, political and military, Electronics & Communications Engineering, Electronics and communications engineering