ISBN: 9780471529422 - edison: a life of invention (45 resultados)

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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Fine in Fine dust jacket - clean and appears unread.

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Hardcover. Condición: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with light wear.

Condición: Very Good. The definitive biography of the century's godfather of invention-from the preeminent Edison scholar "Israel's meticulous research and refusal to shy away from the dodgier aspects of Edison's personality offers a fresh glimpse into the life of the inventor. "-New Scientist "Remarkable. Num Pages: 560 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; TBX; THRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1010. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. 1998. hardcover. . . . .…

Condición: Very Good. The definitive biography of the century's godfather of invention-from the preeminent Edison scholar "Israel's meticulous research and refusal to shy away from the dodgier aspects of Edison's personality offers a fresh glimpse into the life of the inventor. "-New Scientist "Remarkable. Num Pages: 560 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; TBX; THRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1010. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. 1998. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 552 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-531) and index. Society for the History of Technology Sidney Edelstein Prize, 2000. Contents:Childhood and Education -- Itinerant Telegrapher -- From Operator to Inventor -- A Leading Electromechanician -- Competing Interests -- From Shop to Laboratory -- New Directions -- The Invention Factory -- The Wizard of Menlo Park -- Inventing a System -- From Research to Development -- Inventing an Industry -- Family Matters -- A New Laboratory -- Inventing Entertainment -- Industrial Research -- Competition and Consolidation -- Innovation and Enthusiasm -- A Modern Legend -- Fame in the Family -- The Business of Innovation -- Edison Incorporated -- Inventor-Philosopher.Subjects: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931; Inventors United States; Biography; Science; Inventors; Electrical engineers United States; History; Sciences. 1 Kg.…

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 552 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-531) and index. Society for the History of Technology Sidney Edelstein Prize, 2000. Contents:Childhood and Education -- Itinerant Telegrapher -- From Operator to Inventor -- A Leading Electromechanician -- Competing Interests -- From Shop to Laboratory -- New Directions -- The Invention Factory -- The Wizard of Menlo Park -- Inventing a System -- From Research to Development -- Inventing an Industry -- Family Matters -- A New Laboratory -- Inventing Entertainment -- Industrial Research -- Competition and Consolidation -- Innovation and Enthusiasm -- A Modern Legend -- Fame in the Family -- The Business of Innovation -- Edison Incorporated -- Inventor-Philosopher.Subjects: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931; Inventors United States; Biography; Science; Inventors; Electrical engineers United States; History; Sciences. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. This book has library markings. The dust jacket is covered in clear plastic. 552 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm). Ex Library.…

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

hardcover. Condición: Like New. Like New. First Edition. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1998. FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. First Edition, First Printing. As new. Unread. Pristine.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Black cloth binding with gilt spine title, no inscriptions and unclipped DJ. A clean, tight, bright copy of viii.552pp. incl several b/w ills.

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Hardback. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 552 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Hardback. , . NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Paul Israel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 From the preeminent Edison scholar . . . The definitive life of the inventor of the modern age The conventional story is so familiar and reassuring that it has come to read more like American myth than history: With only three months of formal education, a curious and hardworking young man beats the odds and becomes one of the greatest inventors in history. Not only does he invent the phonograph and the first successful electric light bulb, but he also establishes the first electrical power distribution company and lays the technological groundwork for today's movies, telephones, and sound recording industry. Through relentless tinkering, by trial and error, the story goes, Thomas Alva Edison perseveres-and changes the world. In the revelatory Edison: A Life of Invention, author Paul Israel exposes and enriches this one-dimensional view of the solitary "Wizard of Menlo Park," expertly situating his subject within a thoroughly realized portrait of a burgeoning country on the brink of massive change. The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed the birth of corporate America, and with it the newly overlapping interests of scientific, technological, and industrial cultures. Working against the common perception of Edison as a symbol of a mythic American past where persistence and individuality yielded hard-earned success, Israel demonstrates how Edison's remarkable career was actually very much a product of the inventor's fast-changing era. Edison drew widely from contemporary scientific knowledge and research, and was a crucial figure in the transformation of invention into modern corporate research and collaborative development. Informed by more than five million pages of archival documents, Paul Israel's ambitious life of Edison brightens the unexamined corners of a singularly influential and triumphant career in science. In these pages, history's most prolific inventor-he received an astounding 1,093 U.S. patents-comes to life as never before. Edison is the only biography to cover the whole of Edison's career in invention, including his early, foundational work in telegraphy. Armed with unprecedented access to Edison's workshop diaries, notebooks, and letters, Israel brings fresh insights into how the inventor's creative mind worked. And for the first time, much attention is devoted to his early family life in Ohio and Michigan-where the young Edison honed his entrepreneurial sense and eye for innovation as a newsstand owner and editor of a weekly newspaper-underscoring the inventor's later successes with new resonance and pathos. In recognizing the inventor's legacy as a pivotal figure in the second Industrial Revolution, Israel highlights Edison's creation of the industrial research laboratory, driven by intricately structured teams of researchers. The efficient lab forever changed the previously serendipitous art of workshop invention into something regular, predictable, and very attractive to corporate business leaders. Indeed, Edison's collaborative research model became the prototype upon which today's research firms and think tanks are based. The portrait of Thomas Alva Edison that emerges from this peerless biography is of a man of genius and astounding foresight. It is also a portrait rendered with incredible care, depth, and dimension, rescuing our century's godfather of invention from myth and simplification. Advance Praise for Edison: A Life of Invention "Familiar Edison stories come alive with fresh insight . . . Israel's scholarship is impeccable while his deceptively easy grace transforms a challenging story into a page turner. One hundred years of history texts have been right all along. Thomas Edison, a protean actor on the American landscape, requires our attention. Paul Israel has given us a book to satisfy that requirement for a long time to come."- John M. Staudenmaier, S.J., Editor, Technology and Culture. Hardback.…

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 552 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket price-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: science & Technology; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0471529427. ISBN/EAN: 9780471529422. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 29276. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.…

HRD. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. THE LIFE OF THOMAS EDISON - THE INVENTORS INVENTOR, AND EVERY INVENTORS INSPIRATION. AND ALL THIS ON THE BASIS OF THREE MONTHS FORMAL EDUCATION.

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