Thomas Edison
- ISBN-10
- 0749643390
- ISBN-13
- 9780749643393
- Series
- Thomas Edison
- Category
- Electric engineers
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Franklin Watts
- Author
- Karen Wallace
Description
At school, Thomas Edison's teachers think he is stupid. How wrong they are Instead he becomes one of the greatest inventors of his day, creating the electric light bulb and an early record player, to name but two. Ages 5+.
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