The Telephone Gambit - Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Seth Shulman
Dimensions:	217 x 149 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-06206-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science Books > Professional & Technical > Electronics & communications engineering > Communications engineering / telecommunications > Telephone technology > General
LSN:	0-393-06206-6
Barcode:	9780393062069

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