Sterling Biographies (R): Thomas Edison : The Man Who Lit Up the World

"Sterling Biographies" are packed with information, and filled with unique images that include rare documentary photographs, artwork, maps and personal artefacts.

Focusing on inventors and innovative thinkers who transformed the world, they present first-person accounts and dramatic events related in an intimate and accessible style.

Thomas Edison created the incandescent light bulb and illuminated the world with electricity.

But that was just one of the many groundbreaking inventions Edison devised.