The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret.

Shulman, Seth.

ISBN 10: 0393062066 / ISBN 13: 9780393062069

Edité par W. W. Norton, New York, 2008

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Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), cloth spine, black & white drawings, top edge little foxed, minor edgewear jacket. 256 pp. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone and co-founder of the National Geographic Society, is challenged by the author Seth Shulman. A stellar example of historical investigation. Throughout his career, Bell was plagued by a secret: he stole the key idea behind the invention of the telephone. While researching at MIT, science journalist Shulman scrutinized Bell's journals and found the smoking gun: a 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. First edition.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret.
• Éditeur: W. W. Norton, New York
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0393062066
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780393062069
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: 1st ed.
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
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Synopsis

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.

À propos de l?auteur

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