Thomas A. Edison
Subtitle: the world's greatest inventor
By: Anna Sproule
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Series: Giants of science
Publisher: Blackbirch Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781567113310
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Biography; Inventors
Description: Details the life and work of Thomas Edison, who developed the electric light bulb and patents for numerous other inventions and innovations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Sound of the Past -- 5; title: The Man Who Could Not Hear -- 6; title: A Whole New World -- 7; title: The Skeptics Were Wrong -- 9; title: A Risky Birth -- 11; title: Full of Curiosity -- 11; title: Bottom of the Class -- 12; title: Education at Home -- 13; title: The Newsboy -- 14; title: Trains and Chemicals -- 15; title: The Battle of Shiloh -- 15; title: The Electric Telegraph -- 16; title: Short Taps and Long Taps -- 19; title: Read All About It -- 20; title: Perfecting the Telegraph -- 20; title: Experiments--and Getting Fired -- 21; title: Boston--the Heart of Science -- 23; title: A Prank Brings Out the Inventor -- 23; title: Risks and Failures -- 23; title: Hungry in New York -- 25; title: Edison Saves Wall Street -- 26; title: Edison Names His Price -- 26; title: The Newark Workshop -- 27; title: Mr. Bell's Telephone -- 27; title: Electromagnets -- 29; title: Human Hearing -- 29; title: Currents and Carbon -- 30; title: A Battery-Powered Telephone -- 31; title: Night Owls -- 32; title: A "Splendid" Button -- 33; title: A Talking Toy -- 34; title: A Recording of the Human Voice -- 35; title: The Needle in the Furrow -- 36; title: The Wizard of Menlo Park -- 37; title: Creating Light -- 37; title: Making the Electric Lightbulb -- 39; title: The Light That Lasted -- 40; title: A Rival to Gaslight -- 41; title: The First Priority -- 42; title: Ohm's Law -- 43; title: Cost Cutting -- 44; title: "Long-Waisted Mary Ann" -- 44; title: All Aboard! -- 45; title: Will the Lamps Light? -- 47; title: Edison Waits -- 48; title: Mission Accomplished -- 49; title: New Frontiers -- 50; title: Improving the Phonograph -- 51; title: The Entertainment Machine -- 51; title: Moving Pictures -- 52; title: The Grand Old Man of Science -- 53; title: Losing a Fortune -- 54; title: No Giving Up -- 56; title: The Lights Dim -- 57; title: The Legacy of a Creative Genius -- 58; title: Thanks, Mr. Wizard -- 60; title: Important Dates-- 61.