There鈥檚 more about Thomas Edison in The Languages of Edison鈥檚 Light than most
people want to know. Edison was no slouch at seeing business opportunities, and
Charles Bazerman sets the career of the inventor firmly in the commercial
conditions of his time. Sometimes he labours the obvious: 鈥淓lectrical
engineering became a significant professional and educational network鈥nly
with the generation of electricity.鈥� Well, yes. Edison鈥檚 drawings are
interesting. Published by MIT Press, 拢27.50, ISBN 026202456X.
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