Inventors who changed the world: Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison is one of the most important inventors who ever lived. His inventions mainly focused on ways to use electricity. As a result of his ground-breaking creations, we now have movies, centralised electricity generation and reliable light bulbs. He never stopped inventing, and his passion for making something that was new and remarkable continued right up until the end of his life.

The world's greatest inventors used their passion for science and engineering to create technological inventions that have changed the way we all live. Even inventors who lived long ago still influence us today, laying the foundations for technologies that have now become familiar to people all around the world.