Edison's Electric Light: The Art of Invention (Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology)
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (544 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801894824 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He is the author of Edison: A Life of Invention and the coeditor of the multivolume The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, also published by Johns Hopkins.. Paul Israel is the director and general editor of the Thomas A. His most recent book is A Culture of Improvement: Technology and the Western Millennium. Edison Papers at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
(Eric Hintz Technology and Culture) . Quite readable Friedel and Israel provide a good description of the process of inventing a functional, marketable incandescent light bulb as well as an electric power grid. (Choice)Any library strong in scientific inventions and the process of theories and exploration will find this a winning survey. (Midwest Book Review)I highly recommend Edison's Electric Light
"Informative look at Edison's invention of the electric light bulb" according to E. Jaksetic. Thomas Edison, a prolific American inventor in the late 1800's, is credited with inventing the electric light bulb. This book demonstrates that Edison's invention of the light bulb was not simply the work of an individual, creative inventor, but rather the product of a lengthy process in which Edison effectively: (1. A detailed account of Edison's greatest creation Edison was not the first person to create an incandescent light bulb, but he was perhaps the earliest to come up with one that lasted long enough to be useful and could be manufactuered at a cost customers could afford. He, and his team, also developed an entire system for generating the electricity, laying the wire. Any library strong in scientific inventions and the process of theories and exploration will find this a winning survey EDISON'S ELECTRIC LIGHT: THE ART OF INVENTION has been revised and updated from the original 1986 edition to offer a definitive study of the famous invention, is keyed to the printed and electronic versions of the Edison Papers so readers can refer to original source materials, and explore the process of the inventi
The result is a fascinating story of excitement, risk, and competition.Revised and updated from the original 1986 edition, this definitive study of the most famous invention of America's most famous inventor is completely keyed to the printed and electronic versions of the Edison Papers, inviting the reader to explore further the remarkable original sources.. In September 1878, Thomas Alva Edison brashlyand prematurelyproclaimed his breakthrough invention of a workable electric light. Drawing from the documents in the Edison archives, Robert Friedel and Paul Israel explain how this came to be. Edison was not alonenor was he firstin developing an incandescent light bulb, but his was the most successful of all competing inventions. They explore the process of invention through the Menlo Park notes, discussing the full range of experiments, including the testing of a