Well before Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, Aleck (as his family called him) was a curious boy, interested in how and why he was able to hear the world all around him.
Presents a biography of Alexander Graham Bell discussing his childhood and family, experiments, and invention of the telephone that changed history. Includes photographs, a quiz, and a glossary.
Traces the life of Alexander Graham Bell, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the invention for which he is best known, the telephone.
A biography, with photographs and quotes from Bell himself, which follows this well-known inventor from his childhood in Scotland through his life-long efforts to come up with ideas that would improve people's lives.