The Telephone GambitW. W. Norton & Company, 2008 - 256 pages Seth Shulman closely examines the race to build the first telephone and uncovers potential bombshells with The Telephone Gambit. 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. Was the venerable inventor party to theft from Gray's own research? Or are such accusations merely sour grapes from a bitterly contested legal battle? Fraught with controversy, conspiracy, and possible chicanery, Shulman spins real-life Da Vinci Code drama around one of the most influential inventions of the modern era. |
Table des matières
PLAYING TELEPHONE | 11 |
DISCONNECTED | 17 |
ON THE HOOK | 26 |
CALLING HOME | 39 |
NO ANSWER | 50 |
OPERATOR ASSISTANCE | 63 |
CLEAR RECEPTION | 77 |
PERSONTOPERSON | 84 |
INTERFERENCE | 96 |
Tapping the Phone | 126 |
Bad Connection | 138 |
Call Waiting | 163 |
Conference Call | 198 |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret Seth Shulman Aucun aperçu disponible - 2009 |
The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret Seth Shulman Aucun aperçu disponible - 2008 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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