In most sources today , we are made to believe that Thomas Edison invented the incandescent lightbulb. What the articles and textbooks we read fail to mention, is the backstory of how the idea was even sparked. In , The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America ,  The author explains that the lightbulb had many inventors rather than Thomas Edison. This invention was a very complex social situation. Who did invent the lightbulb after all?
 The story of the lightbulb goes back farther than when Edison successfully commercialized the lightbulb in 1879. The " Voltaic Pile" which consisted of discs made from zinc and copper. This was a first example of conducting electricity , all thanks to Alessandro Volta. Soon , using this idea Humphry Davy made the first electric lamp. This sparked numerous developments to different sorts of electric lamps and bulbs.

From my research, Warren de la Rue was the first scientist to develop the first lightbulb made of platinum. However, due to a high cost of platinum caused the invention to be successful. In my opinion, Warren de la Rue was truly entitled to receive all the credit to inventing the lightbulb. Next, inventor’s henry Woodward and Matthew created the very first electric lamp! But, just like warren, lack of funds costed the development. Infamous Edison was riding high on fame and profits from his gadgets for telegraph printing, multiplex telegraphy, telephone improvements and the brand-new phonograph. He knew he could pull off a well working incandescent bulb with his 40 researchers sand impressive lab.  Due to many hours of research, Carbon was the answer instead of platinum. This varied from $40,000 ($85,000 todays money) and 1,200n experiments before its big debut.

There was a growing reputation around the world for being able to take other people’s breakthroughs, figuring out how to make them practical devices, & finally marketing them across the world. It took a lot of people  to invent all the ways to adapt electric light and make it more efficient .In Argument , many may say Because Edison deserves his full credit because his version dominated earlier versions due to : an effective incandescent material , higher vacuum, and a high resistance. However, remove all previous inventors, the electric light we know disappears.