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.
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| ISBN: | 9781426322334 |
| Publication date: | 10th March 2015 |
| Author: | Marfe Ferguson Delano |
| Publisher: | National Geographic Kids an imprint of Disney - RHCB |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 64 pages |
| Series: | National Geographic Kids |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography Children’s / Teenage general interest: Inventors, inventions and experiments Science |
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.
Inventing the Future features in the following genres: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Inventors, inventions and experiments, Science
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Inventing the Future was written by Marfe Ferguson Delano and published by National Geographic Kids an imprint of Disney - RHCB
Inventing the Future has 64 pages
Yes it is part of National Geographic Kids series