Edison : inventing the century
Baldwin, Neil, 1947-2001
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How much do we really know about Thomas Edison, the man who considered deriving rubber from a goldenrod plant as opposed to the genius who gave us electric light? This text gives a complex portrait of the inventor and an account of the intellectual climate of the country he worked in and changed.
Main title:
Edison : inventing the century / Neil Baldwin.
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Imprint:
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, c2001.
Collation:
x, 531 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Orginally published: New York : Hyperion, c1995.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780226035710 (pbk)
Dewey class:
621.3092
Language:
English
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BRN:
1326489