Loving Little Egypt - Hardcover

McMahon, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670812285 ISBN 13: 9780670812288

Publisher: Viking, 1987

Synopsis

Mourly Vold, a nearly blind physics prodigy, embarks on a mission to reform the telephone system, and joins forces with the eccentric physicist Nikola Tesla to outwit William Randolph Hearst and his crony Thomas Edison

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas McMahon (1943 1999) was the Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Mechanics and professor of biology at Harvard University. He is the author of "McKay's Bees" and" Principles of American Nuclear Chemistry," both published by the University of Chicago Press, as well as the posthumous novel, "Ira Foxglove."

From the Inside Flap:

In the early 1920s, nearly blind physics prodigy Mourly Vold finds out how to tap into the nation's long distance telephone lines. With the help of Alexander Graham Bell, Vold tries to warn the phone companies that would-be saboteurs could do the same thing, but they ignore him. Unfortunately, his taps do catch the notice of William Randolph Hearst, who hires Thomas Edison to get to the bottom of them--and the chase is on!

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0670812285
• ISBN 13: 9780670812288
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288