Thomas Edison
Sir Clive Sinclair chooses fellow inventor, the creator of sound recording, Thomas Edison. With Matthew Parris. From April 2011.
Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives. Here, Sir Clive Sinclair nominates fellow inventor Thomas Edison. Edison invented sound recording, the electric light bulb and moving pictures, but also had his fair share of duds along the way. Sir Clive invented the first electronic calculator but also the ill-fated C5 electric car. Separated by a century, do the two men have anything in common? Joining the discussion is Edison's biographer Neil Baldwin.
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- Tue 5 Apr 2011 16:3091热爆 Radio 4
- Fri 8 Apr 2011 23:0091热爆 Radio 4
- Thu 3 May 2018 18:3091热爆 Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 4 May 2018 00:3091热爆 Radio 4 Extra
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Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.