The Wizard of Menlo Park ; How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World by Stross, Randall E - 2007

Crown. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 1400047625 . Hardcover in black boards Fine unmarked in Fine jacket. " Newspapers proclaimed his genius in glowing personal profiles and quipped that “the doctor has been called” because the great man “has not invented anything since breakfast.” Starting with the first public demonstrations of the phonograph in 1878 and extending through the development of incandescent light, a power generation and distribution system to sustain it, and the first motion picture cameras—all achievements more astonishing in their time than we can easily grasp today—Edison’s name became emblematic of all the wonder and promise of the emerging age of technological marvels. " ; 9 X 6.40 X 1.50 inches; 384 pp pages .