| Edison: Inventing the Century Univ of Chicago Edition Contributor(s): Baldwin, Neil (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226035719 ISBN-13: 9780226035710 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $36.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2001 Annotation: The genius of America's most prolific inventor, Thomas Edison, is widely acknowledged, and Edison himself has become an almost mythic figure. But how much do we really know about the man who considered deriving rubber from a goldenrod plant as opposed to the mastermind who gave us electric light? In this fascinating biography, Neil Baldwin gives us a complex portrait of the inventor himself-both myth and man-and a multifaceted account of the intellectual climate of the country he worked in and irrevocably changed. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Science | History - Technology & Engineering | Electrical |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00053261 |
| Physical Information: 1.39" H x 6.1" W x 9.28" (1.64 lbs) 542 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 |
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| Publisher Description: The genius of America's most prolific inventor, Thomas Edison, is widely acknowledged, and Edison himself has become an almost mythic figure. But how much do we really know about the man who considered deriving rubber from a goldenrod plant as opposed to the genius who gave us electric light? Neil Baldwin gives us a complex portrait of the inventor himself--both myth and man--and a multifaceted account of the intellectual climate of the country he worked in and irrevocably changed. |