New York :W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 257 pp. - A stellar example of historical investigation at its probing best. Chuck Leddy, Boston Globe Throughout his career, Alexander Graham Bell, one of the world's most famous inventors, was plagued by a secret: he stole the key idea behind the invention of the telephone. While researching at MIT, science journalist Seth Shulman scrutinized Bell's journals and within them found the smoking gun: a hint of deeply buried historical deception. Delving further into Bell's life, Shulman unearthed the surprising story behind the telephone, a tale of romance, corruption, and unchecked ambition. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780393062069. Keywords : Engineering Patents & Inventions,

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Titre: The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret.
�diteur: W. W. Norton & Company
Date de parution: 2008
Langue: anglais
ISBN � 10 chiffres: 0393062066
ISBN � 13 chiffres: 9780393062069
Reliure: Couverture rigide
�tat de l'article: very good
�tat de la jaquette: Jaquette

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While researching Alexander Graham Bell at MIT's Dibner Institute, Seth Shulman scrutinised Bell's journals and within them he found a 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 US patent ever issued. And afterwards, 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 the history of one of the world's most important inventions.

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Seth Shulman is an author, editor, and journalist specializing in issues in science, technology, and the environment. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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