Edison
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (577 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1535252790 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 100 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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I can say for me It was fun to read. JS1600 This review is for the : Edison: A Life of Invention (The True Story of Thomas Edison)(A Concise Historical Biography).The book starts out as a young Eddison and continues throughout his full and amazing life.The book goes into some things I never knew about Edison especially some of his failures.There some nice illustrations in the book. I can say for me It was fun to read. You learn somuch interesting information from Biographies. It's amazing how much we have edison tothank for, Like TV or a movie, X-rays, Lights. Can you imagine what today would be l. LAUNA STOUT- Children'sBooks.BellaOnline said Much to learn about Mr. Edison.. It is time to thank Thomas Edison.“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” – Thomas EdisonHave you ever watched television, or had an x-ray or spoke on the telephone? Have you turned on a light switch, or plugged something into an electric plug, or watched a movie?This short little book tells us all about his life – we can learn about how he started out as a telegraph boy in Michigan. We learn about the many key breakthroughs in his career and also about the blots on his record of tries. He had an . Mark Bretschneider said The Real Edison. Having lived in Fort Myers Florida for over The Real Edison Having lived in Fort Myers Florida for over 30 years just a few blocks from the Edison, Ford, and Firestone Winter Estates, I had visited there many times. I thought I knew a lot about Thomas Edison and a fair amount about Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone as well. While on Amazon, searching the Kindle books, I found this title, Edison: A Life of Invention by Alexander Kennedy. I ordered it and downloaded immediately to my Kindle. I wasted no time in reading this biography. Here's the spoiler, he dies in the end of the book. Seriously, I was amazed at how . 0 years just a few blocks from the Edison, Ford, and Firestone Winter Estates, I had visited there many times. I thought I knew a lot about Thomas Edison and a fair amount about Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone as well. While on Amazon, searching the Kindle books, I found this title, Edison: A Life of Invention by Alexander Kennedy. I ordered it and downloaded immediately to my Kindle. I wasted no time in reading this biography. Here's the spoiler, he dies in the end of the book. Seriously, I was amazed at how
Kindle MatchBook - Buy the print version and get the Kindle book free!Thomas Edison’s inventions shape every day of a modern man or woman’s life. We follow Edison, the ultimate self-made man, from his origins as a Michigan telegraph boy to the pinnacle of success as an industrial titan. If today you’ve listened to recorded music, watched a television show or movie, plugged something into an electric socket, had an X-ray, turned on your car, spoke on the telephone, or flicked on an electric light, you have Edison to thank for his pioneering work in these fields, and many more.Yet Edison is all too often remembered in popular culture only as villain for his feuds with other inventors, most notably the mad genius Nikola Tesla. In this thrilling, compact biography, Alexander Kennedy sorts fact from fiction in the life of the most prolific inventor in human history. We know you'll love it!. Along the way, Kennedy carefully explains each of Edison’s key breakthroughs as well as the blots on his record, such as his anti-Semitism and his unhappy family life. The portrait that emerges is a man who is neither hero nor villain, sometimes a saint and sometimes a sinner—but always a genius"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration