Born into a middle-class family in the American Midwest during the 1840s and with little formal education, Edison became a household name for his inventions that ushered in a new era of modernity with ...

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This story appears in the June 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Thomas Edison liked to say that he never failed. He succeeded every now and again with an invention that would change the ...

Dubbed China's Useless Edison, his fame has grown because his inventions are seen as odd, and often unnecessary. The former plumber, who lives in the northern province of Hebei, became an internet ...

Four inventors from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Armaments Center shared Thomas Edison ...

Thomas Edison achieved glory as the genius behind such revolutionary inventions as sound recording, motion pictures, and electric light. The holder of more patents than any other inventor in ...