The Invention of the Communication Engine 'Telephone'

Innovation is a buzzword prevalent in business and media-but the origin of breakthrough technology is not a recent phenomenon. As far back as the American Revolution, seminal innovations such as the invention of electricity were the catalyst to sweeping, large-scale changes. One of them being "electric speech."

The Invention of the Communication Engine 'Telephone' is the fifth volume in the Invention Series. With an authoritative background in the sciences, author B. J. G. van der Kooij has ...