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Inventing the Future A Photobiography of Thomas

内容简介

ThispaperbackadditiontoourPhotobiographyseries,InventingtheFuture,documentsthelifeofThomasEdison.ThisprolificAmericanisrecognizedasoneofhistory'sgreatestinventors.His1,093patentedinventionsincludethelightbulb,thephonograph,andthemicrophone.YoungreaderslearnwhyEdisonbelievedthat"geniusisonepercentinspirationand99percentperspiration."Aninspiringlessonintherewardsofdoggedperseverance,InventingtheFuturealsoillustrateshowEdison'sgreatestlegacyistheresearchlaboratory,whereconstantexperimentationremainsthenecessarypreludetodiscovery.MarféFergusonDelano'sportraitofthisquirkyoriginalincludesclippingsfromEdison'snotebooksandimagesoftheinventoratwork—andoccasionallyatrest.Awardsinclude:NotableSocialStudiesTradeBookforYoungPeople—NCSS/CBCOutstandingScienceTradeBookforChildren—NSTA/CBCAmericanLibraryAssociationNotableBookJamesMadisonBookAward—HonorBook

作者简介

MarféFergusonDelanoistheauthorofGenius:APhotobiographyofAlbertEinstein,namedanOutstandingScienceTradeBookbytheNSTA/CBC.ShelivesinAlexandria,VirginiaandisagraduateofDukeUniversity.,,

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Photobiographies

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