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Chargement... Reluctant Genius: Alexander Graham Bell and the Passion for Inventionpar Charlotte Gray
   Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.   ) mahallett | Nov 3, 2020 |   ) cjazzlee | Nov 13, 2015 | Gray has the gift of storytelling in spades, and although, as she frankly admits, she is not the first to explore Bell's relationship with his wife Mabel Hubbard, she does an excellent job of bringing it to life for contemporary readers without anachronistic distortion. This is balanced with clear, non-technical exploration of his major inventions, and plenty of historic and political context that enhances, without overwhelming, the main narrative. This is the only biography of Bell that I have read, so I have no direct point of comparison, but as a popular biography, seemingly well-grounded in primary and established secondary sources, I found it to be quite excellent. There are a couple of weak turns of phrase here and there ("Sounds. Alec Bell's childhood was full of sounds."), but these are quite few so this is just a quibble. I'd long been curious about how Bell came to live and work in Baddeck; this book quite illuminated for me where he fits in the history of Nova Scotia—and, needless to say, the world. ( ) jrcovey | Jun 8, 2011 | I think the strength of a good biography is that the author remains invisible....the portrayal is unbiased and the reader makes his/her own judgements. Ms. Gray has, by this measure written an excellent biography. ( ) LynnB | Feb 19, 2008 | ) hifliercanada | Oct 1, 2007 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML: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 innovationsâ??electric heating, using light to transmit sound, electronic mail, composting toilets, the artificial lungâ??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 Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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