TY - BOOK AU - Stross,Randall E. TI - The Wizard of Menlo Park: how Thomas Alva Edison invented the modern world SN - 1400047625 AV - TK140.E3 S76 2007 U1 - 621.3092 S919w 2007 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Three Rivers Press KW - Edison, Thomas A. KW - Inventors KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Electrical engineers N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-361) and index; Success -- Almost famous -- The wizard of Menlo Park -- Flight -- Getting ahead -- Stagecraft -- Immersion -- Life after -- Starting anew -- Battle lost -- Fun -- Kingly privilege -- Friend Ford -- Letting go; Electrical & Electronic Engineering UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0620/2006028808.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0738/2006028808-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2006028808-b.html ER -