Edison A Life of Invention

Name: Edison A Life of Invention
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ISBN: 9780471362708

ISBN-10: 0471362700

ISBN-13: 9780471362708

Edition: 1998

Authors: Paul Israel

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Paul Israel's ambitious Edison brightens the unexamined corners of a singularly influential and triumphant career in science. Edison places its subject in the context of the Industrial Revolution and its aftermath, providing a rich understanding of how Edison developed the collaborative research model upon which today's corporate research firms and think tanks are based. Armed with unprecedented access to workshop diaries, letters, and more than five million pages of Edison archives, Israel has written the definitive biography of the century's godfather of invention.

Book details

List price: $39.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 6.20" wide x 9.30" long x 1.45" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Childhood and Education



Itinerant Telegrapher



From Operator to Inventor



A Leading Electromechanician



Competing Interests



From Shop to Laboratory



New Directions



The Invention Factory



The Wizard of Menlo Park



Inventing a System



From Research to Development



Inventing an Industry



Family Matters



A New Laboratory



Inventing Entertainment



Industrial Research



Competition and Consolidation



Innovation and Enthusiasm



A Modern Legend



Fame in the Family



The Business of Innovation



Edison Incorporated



Inventor-Philosopher


Epilogue


Notes


Index