# ORIGINS Of Modern Society

"Walter G. Vincenti...peers behind some popular myths about Thomas Edison, whose work profoundly shaped the character of the 20th-century technology. We learn Why Edisons greatest invention was not the electric light...but rather the electric lighting system....offers fascinating insights into the significance of the life and work of Americas greatest inventor.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 1989
- By: Walter G. Vincenti
- Genres: Education, Science, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/ORIGINSOfModernSociety)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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