Author

Publication

1996 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

35,250 words, Guess

Page Count

141 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing1008726
  • Goodreads3905132

Classifications

  • DDC621.3/092
  • LCCTK140.E3 A62 1996
  • DDCB

Description

Details the life and work of Thomas Edison, who developed the electric light bulb and over 1000 patents for other inventions and innovations.

First Sentence

On the evening of December 31, 1879, the tiny village of Menlo Park, New Jersey, became the site of a New Year's party unlike any the world had ever seen.

Subjects

Genres

  • Biography
  • Juvenile literature.

Series Statement

  • Oxford portraits in science

Other Editions

  • Thomas Alva Edison: inventing the electric ageOxford University Press1996-01-01

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