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The telephone gambit : chasing Alexander Graham Bell's secret / Seth Shulman.
2008
G 111 SHU.T
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Title
The telephone gambit : chasing Alexander Graham Bell's secret / Seth Shulman.
Author
Shulman, Seth, author.
Edition
First edition.
Description
256 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN
9780393062069
9780393070507 electronic book
0393070506 electronic book
0393062066
9780393333688
039333368X
9780393070507 electronic book
0393070506 electronic book
0393062066
9780393333688
039333368X
Alternate Call Number
G 111 SHU.T
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-242) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Playing telephone; 2. Disconnected; 3. On the hook; 4. Calling home; 5. No answer; 6. Operator assistance; 7. Clear reception; 8. Person-to-Person; 9. Interference; 10. Caller I.D.; 11. Tapping the phone; 12. Bad connection; 13. On the line; 14. Call waiting; 15. Party line; 16. Conference call.
Location
NL Stacks TK6018 B4 S58 2008
Preserv - on site B-111691
Preserv - on site B-111691
Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2008.
Language
Italian
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