Thomas Edison’s incandescent light bulb, patented in 1880, made electric lighting practical, affordable, and long-lasting. It ...

Asked to evaluate his son's abilities as an intellectual, the elder Edison said that he was, “absolutely illiterate, ...

Thomas Alva Edison is an unparalleled figure in the history of the United States. Born into a middle-class family in the American Midwest during the 1840s and with little formal education, Edison ...

Others are wary, fearing it will make kids lazy. The year is 1922; the leading advocate is Thomas Edison, who has a special place in my heart for founding what became General Electric (GE ...

We are all familiar with great personalities like President Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Thomas Edison, Ben Carson, Omotola ...

the "Wizard of Menlo Park" created the illusion that his prototype burned for more than a few minutes at a time Tara Isabella Burton The second wife of Thomas Edison, she viewed domestic labor as ...