ISBN: 9780006394761

Impeccably researched, and written with Charlotte Grayâ??s unerring eye for personal and historical detail, Reluctant Genius tells the story of a man very different from his public image.… Mehr…

Impeccably researched, and written with Charlotte Grayâ??s unerring eye for personal and historical detail, Reluctant Genius tells the story of a man very different from his public image. Most of us think of Alexander Graham Bell as a white-bearded sage, but the young A lec Bell was a passionate and wild-eyed genius, a man given to fits of brilliance and melancholy. His technologies for photophones, tetrahedrals, flying machines and hydrodomes laid the groundwork for future achievement. And he adored his wife, Mabel, a beautiful, deaf young woman from a blueblood Boston family. Gray goes where no other writer has gone, delving deeply into Bellâ??s personality and into his intense relationship with Mabel, whose background and temperament were a startling contrast to his own. Reluctant Genius takes us on an intimate journey into the golden age of invention and the vibrant life of a man whose work shaped our world. | Reluctant Genius by Charlotte Gray Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Biography & Memoir P10101, Charlotte Gray<

ISBN: 9780006394761

Impeccably researched, and written with Charlotte Gray''s unerring eye for personal and historical detail, Reluctant Genius tells the story of a man very different from his public image. … Mehr…

Impeccably researched, and written with Charlotte Gray''s unerring eye for personal and historical detail, Reluctant Genius tells the story of a man very different from his public image. Most of us think of Alexander Graham Bell as a white-bearded sage, but the young A lec Bell was a passionate and wild-eyed genius, a man given to fits of brilliance and melancholy. His technologies for photophones, tetrahedrals, flying machines and hydrodomes laid the groundwork for future achievement. And he adored his wife, Mabel, a beautiful, deaf young woman from a blueblood Boston family.Gray goes where no other writer has gone, delving deeply into Bell''s personality and into his intense relationship with Mabel, whose background and temperament were a startling contrast to his own. Reluctant Genius takes us on an intimate journey into the golden age of invention and the vibrant life of a man whose work shaped our world. Books > Biography & Memoirs List_Books, [PU: William Collins; HarperCollins]<

ISBN: 9780006394761

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ISBN: 9780006394761

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