Thomas Edison
Last updated 9 November 2022
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- Barksdale, M. (2010, January 13). 10 inventions by Thomas Edison (That you’ve never heard of). HowStuffWorks. https://science.howstuffworks.com/10-inventions-thomas-edison.htm
- (1997, February 11). Thomas Edison.com. http://www.thomasedison.com/
- Bedi, J. (2004, April 18). Thomas Edison’s inventive life. http://invention.si.edu/thomas-edisons-inventive-life
- Furr, N. (2011, June 9). How failure taught Edison to repeatedly innovate. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanfurr/2011/06/09/how-failure-taught-edison-to-repeatedly-innovate/?sh=7aa6c92465e9
- Hendry, E. R. (2013, November 20). 7 epic fails brought to you by the genius mind of Thomas Edison. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/7-epic-fails-brought-to-you-by-the-genius-mind-of-thomas-edison-180947786/
- Life of Thomas Alva Edison. (n.d.). https://www.loc.gov/collections/edison-company-motion-pictures-and-sound-recordings/articles-and-essays/biography/life-of-thomas-alva-edison/
- Thomas A. Edison Papers. (2017). http://edison.rutgers.edu/
- What if Thomas Edison hadn’t turned failure into success?. (n.d.). https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/stories-of-innovation/what-if/what-if-thomas-edison/
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