The Wizard of Menlo Park
How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World
by Randall E. Stross
Recommended by Marc Andreessen and David Friedberg
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Business, and Science.
Thomas Edison’s greatest invention His own fame.Starting with the first public demonstrations of the phonograph in 1878 and extending through the development of incandescent light and the first motionpicture cameras, Thomas Edison’s name became emblematic of all the wonder and promise of the emerging age of technological marvels. But this critica...
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