Thomas Edison

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many important devices. "The Wizard of Menlo Park" was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention. In 1880 Edison founded the journal Science, which in 1900 became the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Fictional appearances

Thomas Edison appears prominently as a ghost in the novel Expiration Date by Tim Powers. In the novel, it is postulated that many of Edison's inventions were related to his dabblings with the electromagnetic spirit world.

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Expiration Date - Tim Powers

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