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#3 The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Edison Invented The Modern the Modern World

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The Vova Quarter

Thomas Edison is remembered as a great businessman. He squandered away larger potential business transactions and opportunities because he business never came first. The Vova quarter had temporarily pulled Edison away from his expertise in telegraphy which was that day's preeminent high-tech field.

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