Rethinking Alexander Graham Bell's legacy

[JacksinPA]

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/372/6538/136 [subscription]

Summary
Alexander Graham Bell is well known as the inventor of the telephone. He is lesser known for his role in promoting audism, or prejudice against deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) people. Yet both endeavors have had lasting impacts on humanity. In The Invention of Miracles, Katie Booth revisits Bell's legacy, exploring his creative genius and his misguided efforts to eradicate Deaf culture.
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FWIW. I personally have no interest in Bell though I am very interested in Edison. There has been some suspicion that he somehow manipulated the Patent Office to beat another inventor who might have filed before him on the same day.

 

[Allan]

After the pandemic is over anyone coming up to the east coast of Canada should plan a visit to Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site. There's a lot of information and artifacts on Bell's work including his inventions to help the deaf, a hydrofoil and many other inventions. It's located in Baddeck NS which is one of the most beautiful areas of Canada.

Bell had a home in Baddeck for more than 30 years and some of his descendants still reside there.