The telephone gambit : chasing Alexander Graham Bell's secret /
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'...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W. W. Norton & Co.,
[2008]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-242) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780393062069 (hardcover) 0393062066 (hardcover) |