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Topsy: The Startling Story of the Crooked Tailed Elephant, P.T. Barnum, and the American Wizard, Thomas Edison
by Michael Daly
ISBN: 0802119042
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robg
· 2014-11-29 ·
Original thread
Thomas Edison is perhaps the best counterexample, especially as compared to Tesla. Edison won exactly because he was willing to be very mean.
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