Alexander Graham Bell
May 2016 · New Word City
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". . . rarely have inventor and invention been better served than in this book."
– New York Times Book Review
Here, Edwin Grosvenor, American Heritage's publisher and Bell's great-grandson, tells the dramatic story of the race to invent the telephone and how Bell's patent for it would become the most valuable ever issued. He also writes of Bell's other extraordinary inventions: the first transmission of sound over light waves, metal detector, first practical phonograph, and early airplanes, including the first to fly in Canada. And he examines Bell's humanitarian efforts, including support for women's suffrage, civil rights, and speeches about what he warned would be a "greenhouse effect" of pollution causing global warming.
– New York Times Book Review
Here, Edwin Grosvenor, American Heritage's publisher and Bell's great-grandson, tells the dramatic story of the race to invent the telephone and how Bell's patent for it would become the most valuable ever issued. He also writes of Bell's other extraordinary inventions: the first transmission of sound over light waves, metal detector, first practical phonograph, and early airplanes, including the first to fly in Canada. And he examines Bell's humanitarian efforts, including support for women's suffrage, civil rights, and speeches about what he warned would be a "greenhouse effect" of pollution causing global warming.
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David Whittaker
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January 25, 2023
It is rare to find a well written and researched biography of an engineer or scientist. One that covers their professional achievements and their personal ones and how both interacted. This is one of those rare volumes. Now that I have read this electronic edition I can safely order the hard copy as a present for a nephew who is just starting their engineering career.
Matthew Weaver
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December 13, 2022
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About the author
Edwin S. Grosvenor is publisher and editor-in-chief of American Heritage magazine. He co-authored a biography of his great-grandfather, Alexander Graham Bell and is the editor of The Best of American Heritage: The Civil War and The Best of American Heritage: Lincoln.
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