Edison, by author Edmond Morris, is the latest of a number of biographies penned on inventor Thomas Alva Edison that date back to 1910, when Frank L. Dyer, Thomas C. Martin, and William Meadowcroft teamed up to write the first authorized biography of Edison, Edison: His Life and Inventions, with collaboration, approval, and some text written by Edison himself.1 Ever since that time, many biographies on Edison have been written—with no fewer than five serious biographies published since 1995. This recent publishing activity is quite an evidence of a strong and continuing interest in Edison and his inventions that resulted in 1,093 U.S. patents—not to mention the 500–600 patent applications that were either abandoned or unsuccessful. It also begs the question, “What is new in Morris’s book, Edison ?”

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Edison-Edmond Morris（美国马萨诸塞州剑桥市：麻省理工学院出版社，2018 年，800 页）

爱迪生, 作者 埃德蒙·莫里斯 (Edmond Morris) 是为发明家托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生 (Thomas Alva Edison) 撰写的众多传记中的最新一部，该传记可追溯到 1910 年，当时弗兰克·L·戴尔 (Frank L. Dyer)、托马斯 C. 爱迪生：他的生活和发明，在合作、批准和爱迪生本人撰写的一些文本的情况下。1 从那时起，人们撰写了许多关于爱迪生的传记——自 1995 年以来出版了不少于五部严肃的传记。对爱迪生及其发明的持续兴趣导致了 1,093 项美国专利——更不用说 500-600 项被放弃或不成功的专利申请。这也引出了一个问题，“莫里斯的书中有什么新东西，爱迪生 ？”