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

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The Story of Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison's ear provided him with a soothing insulation better suited to the conditions of modern city life than those of the average persons. The installation would also prove helpful when he became famous partially protecting him from the unceasing demands from the strange for strangers for conversation and speeches this goes back to my assumption after studying not only reading this book but watching Thomas Edison documentaries and reading about his life online I'm pretty it goes back to I'm pretty sure he was autistic or asperger's even though he was extremely famous one of the most famous people of his time he did, just like I said his hearing protected him from calm having these conversations or delivering speeches a he didn't want to do he

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