Inventing the Future
A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison
Published on 10. March 2015
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-1-4263-2233-4 (ISBN)
Description
This paperback addition to our Photobiography series, Inventing the Future,documents the life of Thomas Edison. This prolific American is recognized as one of history's greatest inventors. His 1,093 patented inventions include the light bulb, the phonograph, and the microphone.
Young readers learn why Edison believed that "genius is one per cent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration." An inspiring lesson in the rewards of dogged perseverance, Inventing the Future also illustrates how Edison's greatest legacy is the research laboratory, where constant experimentation remains the necessary prelude to discovery.
Marfé Ferguson Delano's portrait of this quirky original includes clippings from Edison's notebooks and images of the inventor at work-and occasionally at rest.
Awards include:
- Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People-NCSS/CBC
- Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children-NSTA/CBC
- American Library Association Notable Book
- James Madison Book Award-Honor Book
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 5 to 10 years
Product notice
Library binding
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 204 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
374 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4263-2233-4 (9781426322334)
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Persons
Marfé Ferguson Delano is the author of Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein, named an Outstanding Science Trade Book by the NSTA/CBC. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia and is a graduate of Duke University.