The Light Bulb and How It Changed the World (History and Invention)
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Summary
The Light Bulb and How It Changed the World introduces the development of electric lighting and considers how this invention transformed everyday life. It is a brief history of a familiar technology.
Why this book now
Revisit the invention behind modern electric lighting and consider how profoundly one everyday object changed daily life.
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- You enjoy short histories of important inventions and technologies.
- You like learning how familiar objects changed the world around them.
- When you prefer lyrical prose, the choices here have no easy moral answers.
- You want a lengthy technical history of electric lighting.
- You prefer fiction or books centered on contemporary technology.
- You are specifically hunting for the newest framing rather than a backlist perspective.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780816031450
Worth buying if: You enjoy short histories of important inventions and technologies.
Skip it if: You want a lengthy technical history of electric lighting.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Quick Easy to move through
At 46 pages, this 1995 Facts on File volume offers a brief, focused reading experience.
What stands out here
This record is for the 1995 Facts on File edition, published as a 46-page general-interest history.
Best way to approach it
Read it as a compact introduction to the light bulb’s history and its broad impact on everyday life.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780816031450
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