Seth Shulman

The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"[A] page-turner...The Telephone Gambit is solid history, and Seth Shulman makes it as much fun to read as an Agatha Christie whodunit." John Steele Gordon, Wall Street Journal

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. Bell furtivelyand illegallycopied part of Elisha Gray's patent caveat in the race to secure what would become the most valuable U.S. patent ever issued. Delving further into Bell's story, Shulman unearths the surprising truth behind the telephoneand with it, a tale of romance, corruption, and unchecked ambition. The Telephone Gambit 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 our own history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780393070507
• Artikelnr.: 59592843

Autorenporträt

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