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Paul Israel's ambitious biography brightens the unexamined corners of a singularly influential and triumphant career in science. Thomas Edison, history's most prolific inventor who received an astounding 1,093 U.S. patents, comes to life. Armed with unprecedented access to Edison's workshop diaries, notebooks, and letters, Israel brings fresh insights into how the inventor's creative mind worked.
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"An authoritative look into Edison's working methods, here leavened by enough personal detail to give the achievements shape."
Publishers Weekly
"Israel's book should go a long way toward taking Edison out of the shadows and placing him in the proper light."
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Israel has done a remarkable job. Not only has he given us fresh insights into a complex personality, but he has set this against the backdrop of a dramatically changing American society driven on remorselessly by the second Industrial Revolution, in which Edison was a pivotal player."
Nature