Thomas Edison: A Captivating Guide to the Life of a Genius Inventor

De: Captivating History

Narrado por: Duke Holm

Explore the captivating life of Thomas Edison.

Thomas Edison was born into a hard-working but attentive family. He struggled in school and became deaf at an early age. Born on February 11, 1847, Edison would become, arguably, the best-known American inventor of all time. His invention of the light bulb was one of more than 1,000 patents he held during his lifetime. Others included the phonograph, the electrical grid, and motion pictures. His work changed the way we see and hear the world around us.

Some of the topics covered in this audiobook include:

• America Before Edison
• Enter the Edisons
• Edison’s Mother and Life in Port Huron
• Telegraphy and Leaving Home
• Inventing the Future in Menlo Park
• The Industrial Revolution and Lighting New York
• The Phonograph and Moving Pictures
• The World Columbian Exposition
• The War of the Currents
• Love, Marriage, and Seminole Lodge
• Edison’s War Work
• Edison and Anti-Semitism
• The Electric Chair
• The Next Generation of Edison’s
• Edison’s Legacy
• And much more!

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Surprising facts about Edison

This should be a good read for someone who is into inventing things. Edison had a very poor business sense, though. The read was interesting, and somewhat encouraging for everyone.

Insightful book

It is very well written book with extensive details about the historian Edison. Really good insight into the man behind the genius inventor reputation, both his strengths and weaknesses.

No technical worries in it.

There is no technical details in it so the book is so easy to understand. Some things are repeated in different chapters.

Nice way to learn history

With this book, my eyes were opened that failures are not obstacles, rather they are stepping stones to improvement and success. This book has given me so many insights and explanations of the life that Thomas Edison had.

I enjoyed the insight

I enjoyed the perception on how he grew up and lived his life and how environments and life is providing him with the resources need to go from a curious little boy to an innovative genius.

Thomas Edison

There is a lot of detail that I never learned before His success was not instant and he went through many failures before making it! The book is wonderful.For those who enjoy about people, memoirs and that sort of thing, you will definitely enjoy Thomas Edison's story and I will no doubt recommend the book to all.

Book tells the story of an innovative inventor.

This book tells the story of an innovative inventor who did not invent but used existing technologies that had been invented and improved on these technologies and this innovativeness has stood the test of time and his ability to improve on other existing inventions of the time and is still being used today.

Overall this book is highly recommended

We know Edison as inventor of luminous lamp turntable and a few more inventions. This book discovers Edison's inventions, failures and causes of failures. The stubbornness in Edison deprived him from financial gains of his inventions.

Very interesting and informative

Edison was a brilliant inventor matched only by his work ethic. He was also a poor businessman who unfortunately held some racist beliefs. Whether a fan of the man or not this book offers an in-depth look into the life and habits of the man whose inventions shaped the 21st century.

Understandable

Any additional comments?

I learned more about the life and career of Thomas…. His only invention that I knew about was the light bulb but was amazed to learn that he is also behind the invention ...