Edison ...Wasn’t He the Guy Who Invented Everything?


	Edison ...Wasn’t He the Guy Who Invented Everything?

asphere

3-31-2008 5:41 PM

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innovation, inventor, history, credit, edison, bell, invention

asphere says:

Its interesting... the role of timing and more factors, in the course of history and how breakthrough is being told & remembered .

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4-1-2008 5:33 AM

musichunter85

It's interesting, but not surprising at all.

After all, it happend only a few months ago - the first invented CD to store doesens of gigabytes was beaten by a later rival - the blueray dvd.

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