Henry Ford wrote a brilliant book about Thomas Edison that's available here:<p><a href="http://atomicacreative.com/images/ACG_EdisonAsIKnowHim.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://atomicacreative.com/images/ACG_EdisonAsIKnowHim.pdf</a>
> He certainly has been an inspiration to me in my career.<p>Indeed. Both Gates and Edison are known for their anti-competitive business practices.<p>Foundation era Gates is great, Microsoft era Gates not so much.
<i>along with a few photos of some of the Edison-related items I’m lucky enough to own.</i><p>He also owns Da Vinci's notebook <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1esdvq/til_bill_gates_purchased_the_codex_leicester_one/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1esdvq/til_bi...</a>.<p>Must be nice to be a gazillionaire...