Though Thomas Edison is credited as the man who invented the lightbulb, several inventors paved the way for him.

You can't buy incandescent light bulbs anymore. With a few exceptions, the bulbs – patented by Thomas Edison in 1880 and a common fixture in American homes for more than a century – have ...

Everyone thinks it’s Thomas Edison, but it’s a bit more complicated than that – several inventors played a part in the creation of the light bulb. In fact, scientists including Alessandro Volta, ...

In this sense, the invention of the light bulb was a decades-long process of incremental changes to create a filament that can be manufactured reliably and extended beyond Edison and Maxim alone.

It’s high time that Nicholas Holonyak Jr. is given his due. You’re probably saying, “Who?” To which I say, case in point.

Saturday, December 21 is the shortest day of the year so we thought it would be a good time to appreciate the history of light bulbs. We walk into a dark room and flick a light switch and don’t ...