A moment for the father of the Incandescent Filament Bulb
Enter Edison, no Swan...
Turns out Edison isn't the guy. Joseph Swan was the actual inventor behind the filament bulb. Edison modified it to make it more efficient and reliable... that still makes him a smart guy.
And you can't knock Google. They hit it on the head, once again. Click through the .gif straight into a world looking at Edison's work and take a peak at how our world views him, a world constantly in his light.
An interesting perspective, regarding Swan: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2011/feb/11/thomas-edison-google-doodle
Some other resources:
http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/edison.html
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96feb/edison.html
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm
