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The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, January 2009.
Binding: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 039333368X
Throughout his career, Alexander Graham Bell, one of the world's most famous inventors, was plagued by a secret: he stole the key idea behind the invention of the telephone. While researching at MIT, science journalist Seth Shulman scrutinized Bell's journals and within them found the smoking gun: a hint of deeply buried historical deception. Delving further into Bell's life, Shulman unearthed the surprising story behind the telephone, a tale of romance, corruption, and unchecked ambition.
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