Fernsprechtechnik, Telefonie (Technik).

On March 7, 1876, the U.S. Patent Office issued to a young inventor named Alexander Graham Bell what is arguably the most valuable patent ever: entitled “impr

The telephone marks the place of an absence. Affiliated with discontinuity, alarm, and silence, it raises fundamental questions about the constitution of self a

". . . rarely have inventor and invention been better served than in this book."- New York Times Book ReviewHere, Edwin Grosvenor, American Heritage's publisher

Introduces the life and accomplishments of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor most widely known for developing the telephone.