Stock photo Have one to sell? Sell now Details about the Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret (Record no. 294103)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780393062069
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 621.38509 SHU-T .PS (AP)
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Personal name Seth Shulman
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Stock photo Have one to sell? Sell now Details about the Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. W.W. Norton & Co
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2008
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Playing telephone -- Disconnected -- On the hook -- Calling home -- No answer -- Operator assistance -- Clear reception -- Person-to-person -- Interference -- Caller I.D. -- Tapping the phone -- Bad connection -- On the line -- Call waiting -- Party line -- Conference call.
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Summary, etc. A gripping intrigue at the heart of one of the world\'s most important inventions. While researching Alexander Graham Bell at MIT\'s Dibner Institute, Seth Shulman scrutinized Bell\'s journals and within them he found the 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 U.S. patent ever issued. And afterward, 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 our own history. While researching Alexander Graham Bell at MIT's Dibner Institute, Seth Shulman scrutinized Bell's journals and within them he found the 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 furtivelyand illegallycopied part of Elisha Gray's invention in the race to secure what would become the most valuable U.S. patent ever issued. And afterward, 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 , 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 our own history.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Bell, Alexander Graham, -- 1847-1922. Gray, Elisha, -- 1835-1901. Bell, Alexander Graham.
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        Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center 01/09/2015   621.38509 SHU-T .PS (AP) DCB711 01/09/2015 19/07/2019 Book