Today is Thomas Alva Edison’s Birthday

Today is Thomas Alva Edison’s 164th Birthday (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931)

He was an American inventor, scientist, and businessman who developed several devices that significantly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed “The Wizard of Menlo Park” (now Edison, New Jersey) by a newspaper reporter, he was 1 of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and big teamwork to the method of invention, and as a result is frequently credited with the creation of the initial industrial investigation laboratory.

In conjunction with his 164th birthday, we’re throwing in some free ebooks & audios about this great inventor and entrepreneur:-

1. The Spark of Genius by Harold Evans (PDF)
2. Biographical Memoir of Thomas Alva Edison by Arthur E. Kennelly
3. Wikipedia: Thomas Alva Edison 20 pages, 2.1MB (PDF)
4. Edison, His Life & Inventions by Frank Lewis & Thomas Commerford Martin (HTML, EPUb, Kindle, Plcuker, QiOO, TXT)
5. 21 Free Thomas Alva Edison EBooks by DigitalBookIndex (HTML, Graphics, PDF)

Audios (Mp3)

1. Electricity & Progress by Thomas A. Edison
2. Liver Complaint Story by Thomas A. Edison
3. Transcontinental Telephone Address to Thomas A. Edison by Miller Reese Hutchinson
4. Around the World on the Phonography by Thomas A. Edison
5. Mr. Thomas Cat by Edison Concert Band