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Lädt ... The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secretvon Seth Shulman
![]() Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. ![]() The Telephone Gambit is journalist Seth Shulman's chronicle of his delvings into history and a remarkable tale of intrigue and deceit at the heart of the telephone invention story. While researching for a book on Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, Shulman ponders Bell's great imaginative leap from his telegraphic research to a working model of the telephone. Curious, he studies Bell's hastily drawn diagram of the telephone and later discovers its indisputable source: the "secret" caveat filing of rival telegraphic genius Elisha Gray at the U.S. Patent Office. What follows is an interesting evaluation of the motives, means and opportunities behind one of the boldest thefts in the history of science, and Shulman's thoughts on what this says about our accepted wisdom. All in all, it's a quick and very pleasant read to stimulate the thought. While some might appreciate a more "academic" treatment of the material, I found this journalistic approach related better to a modern lay-historian trying to understand the past. I freely recommend this to anyone with interests in the history of science or inventions. Zeige 5 von 5 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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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. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)621.38509Technology Engineering and allied operations Applied physics Electrical, magnetic, optical, communications, computer engineering; electronics, lighting Electronics, communications engineering TelephonyKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:![]()
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