Reluctant Genius
The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell
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On Sale:
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13/09/2007
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Trade paperback | E-Book
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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.
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Critical Praise for
Reluctant Genius
"Rich in detail and measured in pace.... It is not only a fascinating book about an important inventor ... but also a good story about two lives well lived."
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The Globe and Mail
"A highly readable book that will captivate anyone interested in knowing the many sides of a man with a most inventive mind."
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The Beaver
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