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ErikTheNorwegian:
Eiffel's Tower: The Thrilling Story Behind Paris's Beloved Monument and the Extraordinary World's Fair That Introduced It

The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary world's fair that introduced it

In this first general history of the Eiffel Tower in English, Jill Jonnes-acclaimed author of Conquering Gotham-offers an eye- opening look not only at the construction of one of the modern world's most iconic structures, but also the epochal event that surrounded its arrival as a wonder of the world. In this marvelously entertaining portrait of Belle Époque France, fear and loathing over Eiffel's brash design share the spotlight with the celebrities that made the 1889 Exposition Universelle an event to remember-including Buffalo Bill and his sharpshooter Annie Oakley, Thomas Edison, and artists Whistler, Gauguin, and van Gogh. Eiffel's Tower is a richly textured portrait of an era at the dawn of modernity, reveling in the limitless promise of the future

http://www.amazon.com/Eiffels-Tower-Thrilling-Extraordinary-Introduced/dp/0143117297/ref=pd_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=01RJCCD2X88AK1SNM2JD&dpID=41bhdGRr-XL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR104%2C160_



THe pople of Paris did think that the Tower of metal would be magnetic, and that it would ripp out all the nails of all the houses so Paris would be destroid..    :)
ErikTheNorwegian:
The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World

Thomas Edison’s greatest invention?
His own fame.

Starting with the first public demonstrations of the phonograph in 1878 and extending through the development of incandescent light and the first motion-picture cameras, Thomas Edison’s name became emblematic of all the wonder and promise of the emerging age of technological marvels. But this critical biography of the man who is arguably the most famous of all Americans provides a fuller view of Edison’s life and times–revealing not only how he worked, but how he managed his own fame, becoming the first great celebrity of the modern age.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wizard-Menlo-Park-Invented/dp/1400047633/ref=pd_sim_14_12?ie=UTF8&refRID=1NFSH4CRV85NWJH6CSYS
Blaffetuur:

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Didn't knew there existed a similar topic already :) Thanks for the link :-+
TerraHertz:
The Last Lone Inventor - A tale of genius, deceit & the birth of television. By Evan I Schwartz.
The life and work of Philo T Farnsworth.
Very interesting book. My only complaint would be that the author gives way too much slack to that lying, thieving bastard Sarnoff, perhaps due to their mutual ethnicity.
Sadly, it almost totally omits mention of Farnsworth's work on nuclear fusion in his last years.
mtdoc:
A Short History of Progress - be Ronald Wright
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