An introduction to the life and accomplishments of Thomas Edison, America's most famous inventor.

Traces the life of Thomas Edison, one of the most influential inventors in American history, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the many inventions for which he is best known.

"The Age of Edison places the story of Edison's invention in the context of a technological revolution that transformed America and Europe in these decades. Edison and his fellow inventors emerged from a culture shaped by broad public education, a lively popular press that took an interest in science and technology, and an American patent system that encouraged innovation and democratized the benefits of invention. And in the end, as Freeberg shows,...

Describes the life and accomplishments of the famous inventor known for creating the movie camera and the battery for an electric car.

In the final decades of the nineteenth century, three brilliant and visionary titans of America's Gilded Age-Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse-battled as each vied to create a vast and powerful electrical empire. In Empires of Light, historian Jill Jonnes portrays this extraordinary trio and their riveting and ruthless world of cutting-edge science, invention, intrigue, money, death, and hard-eyed Wall Street millionaires. At the...

This title focuses on the feud between the inventors Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla while offering information related to their histories, combative relationships, and the legacies they leave behind. This hi-lo title includes photographs, simple text, glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

When the Peppers and Lees return to New York after their death-defying adventure in Antarctica, they decide to go into hiding since the forces aligned against them are just too great. As the presidential election approaches, however, our heroes discover a plot against leading candidate Thomas Edison that only they can stop. They need to decide whether to come out of hiding and do the right thing one last time, even if it means risking everything they...

Drawn from the life of Nikola Tesla, one of the greatest inventors of his time, Lightning is a captivating tale of one man's curious fascination with the marvels of science. Echenoz traces the notable career of Gregor, a precocious young engineer from Eastern Europe, who travels across the Atlantic at the age of twenty-eight to work alongside Thomas Edison, with whom he later holds a long-lasting rivalry. After his discovery of alternating current,...