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Edison built the first phonograph but he did not stop there. He installed a small version of the machine inside the first talking doll.

Gene Barretta’s fascinating new illustrated book on Edison, Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives , shows that there’s barely an industry that has not been touched by Edison’s genius. The book is primarily for kids, but parents and grandparents will find in it much that is new and surprising.

Read more at GE Reports.