TY - BOOK N2 - 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. AB - 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. T1 - The telephone gambit :chasing Alexander Graham Bell's secret / DA - c2008. CY - New York : AU - Shulman, Seth. ET - 1st ed. CN - TK6018.B4 CN - TK6018.B4 PB - W. W. Norton & Co., PP - New York : PY - c2008. ID - 316808 KW - Telephone KW - Telephone KW - Inventors SN - 9780393062069 SN - 0393062066 TI - The telephone gambit :chasing Alexander Graham Bell's secret / ER -