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100 1  $a Morris, Edmund.
245 1  $a Edison / $c Edmund Morris.
250    $a First edition.
264  1 $a New York :  $b Random House,  $c [2019]
300    $a 783 pages : $b illustrations.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [637] and 642) and index.
505    $a Botany (1920-1929) -- Defense (1910-1919) -- Chemistry (1900-1909) -- Magnetism (1890-1899) -- Light (1880-1889) -- Sound (1870-1879) -- Telegraphy (1860-1869) -- Natural philosophy (1847-1859).
520    $a From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Morris comes a revelatory new biography ofThomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history.
520    $a Thomas Alva Edison's invention of the first practical incandescent lamp 140 years ago so dazzled the world that it cast a shadow over his later achievements. In all, this near-deaf genius patented 1,093 inventions, not including those he left unlicensed for the benefit of medicine.Morris portrays the unknown Edison-- philosopher, futurist, chemist, botanist, wartime defense adviser, founder of nearly 250 companies-- while deconstructing the Edison of mythological memory. -- adapted from jacket.
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600 17 $a Edison, Thomas A $q (Thomas Alva), $d 1847-1931.
600 1  $a Edison, Thomas A $q (Thomas Alva), $d 1847-1931.
650    $a Electrical engineers $z United States $v Biography.
650  7 $a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship.
650  7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology.
650  7 $a Inventors $z United States $v Biography.
650  7 $a Electrical engineers.
650  7 $a Inventors.
650  7 $a SCIENCE / Scientific Instruments.
651  7 $a United States.
655  7 $a Biographies.
655  7 $a Biography.
655  7 $a Biographies.
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