Edison the Inventor, Edison the Showman
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A new book examines the reality and the myths surrounding the legacy of Thomas Alva Edison.
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Inventor Carmelo Scuderi breaks a cardinal design rule on his way to rethinking the internal combustion engine. By Dan Orzech.
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Si' a Edison, salta comma su spese a carico produttori
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Ernest O. Lawrence patents his cyclotron, which helps earn him the nickname "Atom Smasher" and paves the way to the atomic age.
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Bicycle stunts, rap music and modern dance -- all in the name of Einstein.
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Description: From Broadway to Dirty Dancing to Law and Order, Jerry Orbach became one of modern America&#39;s favorite authority figures.
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Look up the Wright Brothers' airplane drawings or investigate Tesla's electrical innovation proposals and Tom Edison's incandescent patents. Send us results of your favorite searches. In Gear Factor.
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SAN FRANCISCO Steve Jobs's keynote at the Macworld Expo is almost never a dull show. His opening presentation Tuesday showed how well Jobs pitches his own products, bubbling with an isn't-that-cool enthusiasm the rest of the business seems to have forgotten. But a "Stevenote," as it is known in t...
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Texas Instruments files the first patent request for an integrated circuit. Electronics is about to be revolutionized.
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Born this day: the inventor of the world's first machine gun. Compiled by Tony Long.
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The film industry salutes the legendary actor.
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Arts & entertainment: Some of the most radical buildings ever made owe their existence to Cecil Balmond. Jonathan Glancey salutes the engineer who defies belief.
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In 1911, Edward Weston looked through a camera and framed a small boy just to the right of center before he tripped the shutter, creating the kind of natural light portrait that made him famous.
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TIME.comix on a pair of outstanding showcases
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Bicycle stunts, rap music and modern  dance -- all in the name of Einstein.
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A cadre of unknown designers shapes everyday human-machine interactions. By Andrew Blum from Wired magazine.
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There comes the moment in the career of many directors when they are compelled to tell the story of a great man in whose life they seem to see a glimmer of their own image.