| Inventing the Future: A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison Contributor(s): Delano, Marfe Ferguson (Author) |
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ISBN: 0792267214 ISBN-13: 9780792267218 Publisher: National Geographic Society
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2002 Annotation: Thomas Edison's 1,093 patented inventions include the light bulb, the phonograph, and significant contributions to the fields of photography. Combining lively text, rare period photos, and Edison's own words, Delano paints a memorable portrait of this prolific American genius. Photos. Click for more in this series: National Geographic Photobiographies (Hardcover) |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2001007357 |
| Age Level: 10-14 |
| Grade Level: 5-9 |
| Lexile Measure: 1140(Not Available) |
| Series: National Geographic Photobiographies (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 9.44" W x 11.1" L (1.12 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product |
| Awards: James Madison Book, Honor Book, Children/Young Adult, 2003 |
| Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 09/01/2002 pg. 1307 ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2003 pg. 1308 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 108138 Reading Level: 7.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This photobiography of Thomas Edison continues the National Geographic children's photobiography series with an especially appealing and well-known subject. Thomas Edison (1847-1931) is thought by many to be one of the greatest inventors in history. Among his numerous achievements, he developed the light bulb, invented the phonograph, and made significant contributions to the fields of photography and filmmaking. His inventions helped lay the foundation for the modern national power grid, the recording industry, and the motion picture industry. He patented an astounding total of 1,093 inventions - more than any other inventor. His famous saying, Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration, encapsulates his attitude toward inventing. He developed his ideas through perseverance, trying things over and over again until he finally made a breakthrough. This approach gave birth to the modern research laboratory, where hypotheses are proposed and then tested. Edison's legacy is as much in his groundbreaking and gritty way of thinking as in his practical inventions. Thomas Edison was a character - a character who makes a great book subject.He slept little at night and so would catnap during the day, anywhere he felt like, even stretching out on his lab table for some Z's. He worked with many assistants, whom he called muckers, and together they would work round the clock to feverishly develop inventions and beat out their competition. One bout of this earned a group the name, the Insomnia Squad. Edison even nicknamed his first children, Dot and Dash after the symbols in Morse code. Thomas Edison was a significant influence on a developing industrial nation, and he was recognized for his achievements even in his own time. When he died at the age of 84, President Herbert Hoover asked all Americans to honor him by turning off their electric lights for a moment of darkness. Edison filled more than 3,000 notebooks with sketches and notes, and the best of that material is captured here. Compelling period images of Edison at work and of his life and times round out a humanizing portrait of a great American. |
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