The telephone gambit : chasing Alexander Graham Bell's secret / Seth Shulman.
By: Shulman, Seth.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c2008Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-242) and index.Description: 256 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780393062069 (hardcover); 0393062066 (hardcover).Subject(s): Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922 | Gray, Elisha, 1835-1901 | Telephone -- History | Telephone -- Patents | Inventors -- United States -- BiographyDDC classification: 621.38509 Summary: Although Alexander Graham Bell is widely accepted as the father of the telephone (despite the fact that rival inventor Elisha Gray submitted a similar claim the same day Bell filed his patent), Schulman provides intriguing evidence questioning if the scales were deliberately tipped in Alexander's favor.--From amazon.com.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-242) and index.
Although Alexander Graham Bell is widely accepted as the father of the telephone (despite the fact that rival inventor Elisha Gray submitted a similar claim the same day Bell filed his patent), Schulman provides intriguing evidence questioning if the scales were deliberately tipped in Alexander's favor.--From amazon.com.
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