| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-242) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
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Gray, Elisha, 1835-1901.
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Telephone -- History.
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Telephone -- Patents.
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Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte
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| ISBN |
9780393062069 hardcover |
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0393062066 hardcover |
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9780393333688 paperback |
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039333368X paperback |
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