Thomas Edison didn’t invent the light bulb—but here’s what he did do. ... Remembered as the “wizard of Menlo Park,” Edison can be seen today in the myriad fields he influenced.

Apple's innovations made personal computers fun and easier to use. But it's unlikely the company's products have had the socially far-reaching effects of automobiles, light bulbs, and aircraft.

That’s right, Thomas Edison was the subject of this quote from The Heroes of the Age: Electricity and Man, by Gerald Beals, 1999. So who had the most influence on our current world? Let the Jobs ...

Thomas Edison is revered as a great American inventor, and his incandescent bulb is considered one of the most important inventions of the modern world. But in The Age of Edison: Electric Light ...

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 ...

Of the international visitors who find their way to the house in Milan, Ohio, where Thomas Edison was born in 1847, the largest number arrive from Japan, where the inventor is revered. Among ...

Edison did not stop with dogs. He used his political influence to convince the New York legislature that electrocution — using the AC current — should replace hanging in carrying out the death ...