The Telephone Gambit : Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret
Language: English
Published by Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 2008
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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- Title
- The Telephone Gambit : Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret
- Author
- Shulman, Seth
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393062066
- ISBN 13
- 9780393062069
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Item weight
- 0.902 pounds
- Dimensions
- N/A
A gripping intrigue at the heart of one of the world’s most important inventions.
While researching Alexander Graham Bell at MIT’s Dibner Institute, Seth Shulman scrutinized Bell’s journals and within them he found the smoking gun, a hint of deeply buried historical intrigue. Delving further, Shulman unearthed the surprising story behind the invention of the telephone: a tale of romance, corruption, and unchecked ambition. Bell furtively―and illegally―copied part of Elisha Gray’s invention in the race to secure what would become the most valuable U.S. patent ever issued. And afterward, as Bell’s device led to the world’s largest monopoly, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, he hid his invention’s illicit beginnings. In The Telephone Gambit, Shulman challenges the reputation of an icon of invention, rocks the foundation of a corporate behemoth, and offers a probing meditation on how little we know about our own history."Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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