Thomas Edison was a very renowned American inventor who held a world-record 1,093 patents. He was also known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park." Despite a minimal formal education, Thomas Edison led ...

Thomas Alva Edison was the most productive inventor in U.S. history, with 1,093 patents - still a record. He was especially interested in the practical uses of electricity. His electric light, ...

Designated at the present sites of Edison's three research laboratories: the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers, Florida, on May 25, 2014; at the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West ...

Thomas Edison seated beside a phonograph in 1921. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from World. Followed categories will be added to My News. But there’s one man – and a very strange invention we would likely never have listened to music without – who ...

Thomas Alva Edison listened with his teeth. The inventor of the phonograph was completely deaf in one ear and could barely hear in the other, the result of a mysterious affliction in his childhood. To ...

Most of us are familiar with the adage "a day late and a dollar short." But few of us are familiar with a Thomas A. Edison's invention that was 120 years ahead of its time. In 1902, Edison announced ...