This detailed volume examines the development of the telephone and related technologies, including everything from the transistor to fax machines, smart phones, and VoIP technology.
Looks at the world before the invention of the telephone; examines the life of Alexander Graham Bell, discussing how he came to invent the telephone; and considers how the world was changed by the invention, and how it may influence the future.
A biography of the teacher and inventor best known for his work with the deaf and his invention of the telephone, told in the form of an imagined interview.