"Both a lucid picture of an extraordinary scientific career and an engaging account of a remarkable man. . . . Professor Bruce doesn't scant the astonishing variety of Bell's interests and accomplishments, which ranged all the way from supporting important scientific periodicals . . . to teaching the deaf to speak and fighting for their right to do so . . . to inventing everything he could imagine. . . . At the same time, he has given us an extremely candid personal picture of this titan of American technology."—Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times

"Both a lucid picture of an extraordinary scientific career and an engaging account of a remarkable man. . . . Professor Bruce doesn't scant the astonishing variety of Bell's interests and accomplishments, which ranged all the way from supporting important scientific periodicals . . . to teaching the deaf to speak and fighting for their right to do so . . . to inventing everything he could imagine. . . . At the same time, he has given us an extremely candid personal picture of this titan of American technology."—Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times

"Both a lucid picture of an extraordinary scientific career and an engaging account of a remarkable man. . . . Professor Bruce doesn't scant the astonishing variety of Bell's interests and accomplishments, which ranged all the way from supporting important scientific periodicals . . . to teaching the deaf to speak and fighting for their right to do so . . . to inventing everything he could imagine. . . . At the same time, he has given us an extremely candid personal picture of this titan of American technology."—Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times