The 'turnabout' in inventor Thomas Edison's life began when he was only age 8. I am convinced that each of us has a 'turnabout' tale either in our past or in our future.

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos revealed his admiration for Thomas Edison and Walt Disney as his primary historical role models, highlighting qualities that shaped his approach ...

As twilight descended over North Jersey on Dec. 9, 1914, an explosion tore through Thomas Edison’s laboratory complex. The blast originated in the West Orange facility's film inspection building ...

Or Thomas Edison, who developed a spirit phone, “an apparatus to see if it is possible for personalities which have left this earth to communicate with us.” Or Arthur Conan Doyle, who believed ...

Thomas Edison invented the phonograph on August 12, 1877. It "will undoubtedly be liberally devoted to music," Edison predicted with stunning accuracy in 1878.

In the days around Christmas in 1879 — after finally figuring out how to make a lightbulb that would last — Thomas Edison and his team turned a tiny New Jersey hamlet into the “Village of ...

As twilight descended over North Jersey on Dec. 9, 1914, an explosion tore through Thomas Edison’s laboratory complex. The blast originated in the West Orange facility's film inspection building.