Chasing alexander graham bell s secret, information pertaining to several aggressive lawyers and a corrupt patent examiner surrounds bells own laboratory notebook and the discovery of a specific type of voice transmitter referenced therein over a twelveday. In 2004, studying alexander graham bell s laboratory notebook, he found a 12day gap followed by a march 7, 1876, note, returned from washington, and a striking shift in bell s ideas that. Also, see seth shulman s book, the telephone gambit. But as i look through the list, even this book crazy blogger is daunted. Chasing alexander graham bell s secret, author seth shulman claims that corruption at the u. John steele gordon, wall street journal throughout his career, alexander graham bell, one of the worlds most famous inventors, was plagued by a secret. He comes away with a stunning and plausible conclusion as he discredits bell s. The telephone gambit by seth shulman overdrive rakuten. Chuck leddy, boston globe throughout his career, alexander graham bell, one of the worlds most famous inventors, was plagued by a secret. My first book of sign language, 1996, juvenile nonfiction, 32 pages. In this wellwritten but critically flawed account, shulman tells the story of his research in the bellversusgray controversy the.
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