Ernest Freeberg - The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America

Friday, March 1, 2013 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
In 1879 Edison turned on the incandescent light bulb—and in a flash, life was revolutionized. Freeberg, an award-winning historian at the University of Tennessee, traces the impact of Edison’s invention from the growth of urban centers and power grids to the patent system and research-and-development labs.
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