Why did it take so long to invent a longer-lasting bulb? Zachary Crockett finds the answer illuminating. <ul><li>SOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://directory.tacoma.uw.edu/employee/hedillon">Heather Dillon</a>, mechanical engineering professor at the University of Washington in Tacoma.</li><li><a href="https://janebrox.com/brilliant/">Jane Brox</a>, author of the 2010 book Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light.</li><li><a href="https://medienwissenschaft.philhist.unibas.ch/en/persons/markus-krajewski/">Markus Krajewski</a>, philosopher and historian of technology at the University of Basel in Switzerland.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>RESOURCES:<ul><li>"<a href="https://worksinprogress.co/issue/thomas-edison-tinkerer/">Thomas Edison, tinkerer</a>," by Eric Gilliam (Works in Progress, 2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/climate/incandescent-light-bulb-ban-leds.html">It's Official: Stores Can No Longer Sell Most Incandescent Lights</a>," by Hiroko Tabuchi (New York Times, 2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.centennialbulb.org/docs/centennial%20bulb%20report.pdf">The Mystery of the Centennial Bulb: an Incandescent Light Bulb</a>," by Martin Kykta (MAK Electro-Optics, 2021).</li><li>"<a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-great-lightbulb-conspiracy">The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy</a>," by Markus Krajewski (IEEE Spectrum, 2014).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.energy.gov/eere/ssl/articles/compact-fluorescent-lighting-america-lessons-learned-way-market">Compact Fluorescent Lighting in America: Lessons Learned on the Way to Market</a>," by L.J. Sandahl, T.L. Gilbride, M.R. Ledbetter, H.E. Steward, and C. Calwell (U.S. Department of Energy, 2006).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>EXTRAS:<ul><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-do-candles-still-exist/">Why Do Candles Still Exist?</a>" by Freakonomics Radio (2025).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.tildedave.com/byron.html">The Story of Byron the Bulb</a>," by Thomas Pynchon (Gravity's Rainbow, 1973).</li></ul></li></ul>

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