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Who discovered America? Who invented the light bulb? If you thought the answers to these questions were Christopher Columbus and Thomas Edison, you may want to think again…
Looking beyond popular perception and the accepted version of events, Inventors and Impostors uncovers long-lost dreams, dramas and dilemmas, exploring why particular individuals ‘won the prize’ while others were consigned to the shadows of history.
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How History Forgot the True Heroes
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Everyone knows � omas
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Reality is merely an illusion,
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Originality is nothing but
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Glory is fleeting, but obs
curity is forever
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Thomas Edison?
Alexander Graham Bell?
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Crick & Watson?Crick & Watson?
Charles Darwin?Charles Darwin?Samuel Morse?Samuel Morse?
James Wat t?James Wat t?
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are an award-winning team of authors,
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100 hours of documentary television.
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DANIEL DIEHL AND MARK P DONNELLY
How History Forgot the True Heroes
of Invention and Discovery
INVENTORSIMPOSTORS
INVENTORS&
Everyone knows � omas Edison invented the light
bulb. It’s one of those facts you learn
early on, right up there with the fact
that bees make honey and the Earth
is round.
But what if he didn’t? And what if
Alexander Graham Bell also didn’t
invent the telephone, nor James Watt
the steam engine?History has been cruel to some of our
greatest inventors, denied the credit
they deserve by impostors hailed as
heroes. Who are the unsung heroes
denied their place in the world?In this fascinating book, Daniel
Diehl and Mark P Donnelly reveal
the forgotten geniuses behind some
of the world’s greatest inventions and
discoveries. Closely researched, this
remarkable tale is told with the pace
of a novel – easy to read and
impossible to put down.
Genius is one percent inspiration,
and ninety-nine percent perspirationThomas Edison
Reality is merely an illusion,
albeit a very persistent oneAlbert Einstein
Originality is nothing but judicious imitation
Voltaire
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever
Napoleon Bonaparte
Thomas Edison?Thomas Edison?
Henry Ford?
Alexander Graham Bell?
Alexander Graham Bell?
Orville & Wilbur Wright?
Orville & Wilbur Wright?
Crick & Watson?
Crick & Watson?
Charles Darwin?
Charles Darwin?
Samuel Morse?Samuel Morse?
James Wat t?James Wat t?
‘This book is a great deal of fun. i wish i had written it!’
adam hart-Davis
About the Authors
Daniel Diehl and Mark P Donnelly
are an award-winning team of authors,
screenwriters and historians. Since 1996
they have authored 11 books and over
100 hours of documentary television.
Recent books include Eat � y Neighbour
and Tales from the Tower of London.
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