{"product_id":"edison-9780471529422","title":"Edison","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the preeminent Edison scholar . . . The definitive life of the inventor of the modern age\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The conventional story is so familiar and reassuring that it has come to read more like American myth than history: With only three months of formal education, a curious and hardworking young man beats the odds and becomes one of the greatest inventors in history. Not only does he invent the phonograph and the first successful electric light bulb, but he also establishes the first electrical power distribution company and lays the technological groundwork for today''s movies, telephones, and sound recording industry. Through relentless tinkering, by trial and error, the story goes, Thomas Alva Edison perseveres-and changes the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the revelatory Edison: A Life of Invention, author Paul Israel exposes and enriches this one-dimensional view of the solitary Wizard of Menlo Park, expertly situating his subject within a thoroughly realized portrait of a burgeoning country o\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChildhood and Education.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Itinerant Telegrapher.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From Operator to Inventor.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Leading Electromechanician.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Competing Interests.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From Shop to Laboratory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e New Directions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Invention Factory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Wizard of Menlo Park.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Inventing a System.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From Research to Development.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Inventing an Industry.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Family Matters.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A New Laboratory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Inventing Entertainment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Industrial Research.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Competition and Consolidation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Innovation and Enthusiasm.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Modern Legend.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fame in the Family.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Business of Innovation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Edison Incorporated.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Inventor-Philosopher.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Notes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402625360215,"sku":"9780471529422","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471529422.jpg?v=1730481016","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/edison-9780471529422","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}