Edison vs. Tesla | The Business of Discovery
5/27/202638 min
Thomas Edison is one of the most celebrated inventors in American history, having helped transform a world lit by candles and gas lamps into one powered by electricity. Over his lifetime he was granted more than a thousand patents, and pioneered the very idea of organized innovation at his ground-breaking research and development laboratories. But the story of how he did it is complicated. So, to help us understand Edison’s remarkable achievements, Lindsay is joined by Dr. Paul Israel, Director and General Editor of the Thomas A. Edison Papers at Rutgers University. He’s the author of Edison: A Li...
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First 90 secondsLindsay Graham· Host0:00
Hello, American History Teller listeners. I have an exciting announcement. I'm going on tour and coming to a theater near you. This live show is a thrilling evening of history, storytelling, and music with a full band accompanying me as we look back to explore the days that made America, and they aren't the days that you might think. Sure, everyone knows July fourth seventeen seventy-six. We'll be hearing a lot about that date this year. But there are many other days that are maybe even more influential. So come out to see me live. More shows to be announced soon. So for information on tickets and upcoming dates, go to americanhistorylive.com. That's americanhistorylive.com. Come see my Days That Made America Tour live on stage. Go to americanhistorylive.com. [drum roll] From Audible Originals, I'm Lindsey Graham, and this is American History Tellers: Our History, Your Story. [instrumental music] Few figures in American history reshaped daily life as much as Thomas Edison. The world he was born into in eighteen forty-seven was lit by candles and oil lamps for most Americans and gas lit for the wealthy few. But by the time he died in nineteen thirty-one, electricity flowed through homes and businesses across the country. Edison and the research teams