Thomas Edison: The Great American Inventor
by Louise Egan Author
This brilliant inventor opened many doors to modern technology when he instituted his groundbreaking research laboratory in New Jersey. Here, he brought together scientists whose teamwork foreshadowed modern research methods.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 081203922X
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 15
- Pages
- 120
- Suggested Grades
- 3rd - 6th
- Historical Setting
- 1847 - 1931
- Publisher
- Barron's Educational Series
- Edition
- Solutions: Profiles in Science for Young People series
- Copyright
- 1987
Chapters
- 1 Curious and Carefree
- 2 Educating Young Tom
- 3 Tom the Newboy
- 4 Tom's Great Idea
- 5 Setbacks and A Step Forward
- 6 Tom the Wandering Telegrapher
- 7 Inventions and Failures
- 8 From Rags to Riches
- 9 Tom Sets Up Shop
- 10 The Quadruplex and the Robber Baron
- 11 The Independent Inventor
- 12 The Search for the Electric Light
- 13 The Needle in the Haystack
- 14 Lights, Power, and Proof
- 15 Thomas Alva Edison- World Famous Inventor
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