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Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives
Gene Barretta
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Paperback. How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives. Num Pages: 40 pages, COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS. .
What do record players, batteries, and movie cameras have in common? All these devices were created by the man known as the Wizard of Menlo Park: Thomas Edison. Edison is most famous for inventing the incandescent lightbulb, but at his landmark laboratories in Menlo Park and West Orange, New Jersey, he also developed many other staples of modern technology. Despite many failures, Edison persevered. And good for that, because it would be very difficult to go through a day without using one of his life-changing inventions. In this enlightening book, Gene Barretta enters the laboratories of one of America's most ... Read more
What do record players, batteries, and movie cameras have in common? All these devices were created by the man known as the Wizard of Menlo Park: Thomas Edison. Edison is most famous for inventing the incandescent lightbulb, but at his landmark laboratories in Menlo Park and West Orange, New Jersey, he also developed many other staples of modern technology. Despite many failures, Edison persevered. And good for that, because it would be very difficult to go through a day without using one of his life-changing inventions. In this enlightening book, Gene Barretta enters the laboratories of one of America's most ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
40
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781250114785
SKU
V9781250114785
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Ref
99-15
About Gene Barretta
Gene Barretta has written and illustrated several award-winning books for young readers, including Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare, Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci and Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin, as well as Dear Deer and Zoola Palooza. He lives in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Leslie, and their son, Ben. ... Read more
Reviews for Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives
...useful tool to introduce history and inventions to reluctant readers or students...
School Library Journal An entertaining, enlightening intro.
Booklist [This] accessible and informative account [is] a worthy successor to Barretta's other men-and-ideas books.
The New York Times A glowing tribute to the inventor who ... Read more
School Library Journal An entertaining, enlightening intro.
Booklist [This] accessible and informative account [is] a worthy successor to Barretta's other men-and-ideas books.
The New York Times A glowing tribute to the inventor who ... Read more