{"product_id":"history-of-the-telephone-book-herbert-newton-casson-9781240138173","title":"The History of the Telephone.","description":"OF INTEREST TO: readers of social history, students of technological innovation With the use of the telephone has come a new habit of mind. The slow and sluggish mood has been sloughed off. The old to-morrow habit has been superseded by Do It To-day; and life has become more tense, alert, vivid. -from The Telephone and National Efficiency This classic 1910 book-by one of the first stars of technology journalism-is a charming and highly readable overview of the impact of the telephone in its first quarter-century. Discover: . what led Alexander Graham Bell to his breakthrough . the early ridicule Bell's toy endured . the adventurous business pioneers of the new technology . the scientific refinements that made the telephone more useful . how the technology quickly shifted from a novelty to a necessity . how the telephone was revolutionized banking, industry, journalism, government, and even farming . and much more. Canadian journalist HERBERT NEWTON CASON (1869-1951) contributed to numerous New York and London publications, writing mostly about business and technology. He is also the author of The Romance of Steel: The Story of a Thousand Millionaires. ALSO FROM COSIMO: Casson's Making Money Happily: Twelve Tips on Success and Happiness, The Crime of Credulity, and Creative Thinkers","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51602017059089,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51602017190161,"sku":"NIN9781240138173","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1240138172.jpg?v=1751049374","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/history-of-the-telephone-book-herbert-newton-casson-9781240138173","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}