light bulbs

Text and photographs explore how electricity works.

Traces the development of different forms of artificial lighting as well as basic information about electricity.

Examines the evolution of light bulbs, their design, and how they affect today's world.

Photographs, illustrations, and simple text describe the life, success, and inventions of Thomas Edison including the phonograph and the light bulb.

Explains how the light bulb was invented, traces its history, and discusses how it developed into the light bulb used today.

Presents a comprehensive history of electricity, and describes early scientific work and discoveries, lightning rods and the incandescent lightbulb, and much more.

Examines the electric bulb, an invention at first ridiculed, distrusted, and feared, which ultimately led to new uses of electricity and transformed society.

Introduces the life and accomplishments of the American inventor who invented the electric light bulb and received over a thousand patents.

Describes the invention of the light bulb, looks at lighting before electricity, introduces Thomas Edison, the creator of the light bulb, and discusses the impact of the invention on the world.

Discusses electricity and the impact of the electric light on the world.