Indice: Acknowledgments. 1. Childhood and education 2. Itinerant telegrapher 3. From operator to inventor 4. A leading electromechanician 5. Competing interests 6. From shop to laboratory 7. New directions 8. The invention factory 9. The wizard of Menlo park 10. Inventing a system 11. From research to development 12. Inventing an industry 13. Family matters 14. A new laboratory 15. Inventing entertainment 16. Industrial research 17. Competition and consolidation 18. Innovation and enthusiasm 19. A modern legend 20. Fame in the family 21. The business of innovation 22. Edison incorporated 23. Inventor-philosopher. Epilogue. Notes. Index
ISBN:
0471529427
Discipline:
Ingegneria elettrotecnica e delle comunicazioni--Persone.
