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Timeless Thomas

by Gene Barretta
Gene Barretta
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What do record players, batteries, and movie cameras have in common?
All these devices were created by the man known as The Wizard of Menlo Park: Thomas Edison.
Edison is most famous for inventing the incandescent lightbulb, but at his landmark laboratories in Menlo Park & West Orange, New Jersey, he also developed many other staples of modern technology. Despite many failures, Edison persevered. And good for that, because it would be very difficult to go through a day without using one of his life-changing inventions. In this enlightening book, Gene Barretta enters the laboratories of one of America's most important inventors.

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Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Kindle Book

  • Release date: July 17, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9781466816848
  • Release date: July 17, 2012
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subjects

Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction Science Technology

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.5
Lexile® Measure:900
Interest Level:K-3(LG)
Text Difficulty:4-5

What do record players, batteries, and movie cameras have in common?
All these devices were created by the man known as The Wizard of Menlo Park: Thomas Edison.
Edison is most famous for inventing the incandescent lightbulb, but at his landmark laboratories in Menlo Park & West Orange, New Jersey, he also developed many other staples of modern technology. Despite many failures, Edison persevered. And good for that, because it would be very difficult to go through a day without using one of his life-changing inventions. In this enlightening book, Gene Barretta enters the laboratories of one of America's most important inventors.

Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction Science Technology