When people name the most important inventions in history, light bulbs are usually on the list. They were much safer than earlier light sources, and they made more activities, for both work and play, ...

The creation of the light bulb is commonly viewed as a human achievement—one of those few technologies that actually revolutionized how we live, work, and socialize with our environment. However, the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ernest Freeberg, University of Tennessee (THE CONVERSATION) Advertisement Article ...