Author: Charles Dudley Warner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baddeck (N.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Reluctant Genius
Author: Charlotte Gray
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 1628721405
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
The popular image of Alexander Graham Bell is that of an elderly American patriarch, memorable only for his paunch, his Santa Claus beard, and the invention of the telephone. In this magisterial reassessment based on thorough new research, acclaimed biographer Charlotte Gray reveals Bell’s wide-ranging passion for invention and delves into the private life that supported his genius. The child of a speech therapist and a deaf mother, and possessed of superbly acute hearing, Bell developed an early interest in sound. His understanding of how sound waves might relate to electrical waves enabled him to invent the “talking telegraph” be- fore his rivals, even as he undertook a tempestuous courtship of the woman who would become his wife and mainstay. In an intensely competitive age, Bell seemed to shun fame and fortune. Yet many of his innovations—electric heating, using light to transmit sound, electronic mail, composting toilets, the artificial lung—were far ahead of their time. His pioneering ideas about sound, flight, genetics, and even the engineering of complex structures such as stadium roofs still resonate today. This is an essential portrait of an American giant whose innovations revolutionized the modern world.
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 1628721405
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
The popular image of Alexander Graham Bell is that of an elderly American patriarch, memorable only for his paunch, his Santa Claus beard, and the invention of the telephone. In this magisterial reassessment based on thorough new research, acclaimed biographer Charlotte Gray reveals Bell’s wide-ranging passion for invention and delves into the private life that supported his genius. The child of a speech therapist and a deaf mother, and possessed of superbly acute hearing, Bell developed an early interest in sound. His understanding of how sound waves might relate to electrical waves enabled him to invent the “talking telegraph” be- fore his rivals, even as he undertook a tempestuous courtship of the woman who would become his wife and mainstay. In an intensely competitive age, Bell seemed to shun fame and fortune. Yet many of his innovations—electric heating, using light to transmit sound, electronic mail, composting toilets, the artificial lung—were far ahead of their time. His pioneering ideas about sound, flight, genetics, and even the engineering of complex structures such as stadium roofs still resonate today. This is an essential portrait of an American giant whose innovations revolutionized the modern world.
The Club Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
The Tourist's Maritime Provinces
Author: Ruth Kedzie Wood
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead
ISBN:
Category : Gaspé District (Québec)
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead
ISBN:
Category : Gaspé District (Québec)
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Quest for Green Gables
Author: Valerie Pybus
Publisher: Green Olive Press
ISBN: 0987321765
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher: Green Olive Press
ISBN: 0987321765
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The Canadian Guide-book, Complete in One Volume
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The Canadian Guide-book
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
They Came from Away
Author: David
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1450224172
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Though only a small island on the edge of a vast continent Cape Breton has impressed its distinctive identity on the Canadian scene.This story is of some of the Yanks and Brits who like the authors came from away. They include adventurers and disbanded soldiers, entrepreneurs and hucksters, worthies and criminals who have, in their own diverse ways, added to Cape Breton's colourful history.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1450224172
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Though only a small island on the edge of a vast continent Cape Breton has impressed its distinctive identity on the Canadian scene.This story is of some of the Yanks and Brits who like the authors came from away. They include adventurers and disbanded soldiers, entrepreneurs and hucksters, worthies and criminals who have, in their own diverse ways, added to Cape Breton's colourful history.
Baddeck, and that Sort of Thing
Author: Charles Dudley Warner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baddeck (N.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baddeck (N.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
The Anglo-American Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Power Boating
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motorboats
Languages : en
Pages : 1224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motorboats
Languages : en
Pages : 1224
Book Description