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slash UK slash AI for people. Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American

for the seven days starting January 9th, 2008. I'm Steve

Mercky. Last week, we took a quick look at an 1883 Scientific American article that doubted

whether the telephone would ever replace the telegraph. The question was on the table

because on March 10th, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call to his assistant, Thomas Watson.

But how exactly did Bell invent the phone?

Journalist and author Seth Schulman has written a new book, The Telephone Gambit,

in which he puts forth some compelling evidence that Bell stole the idea for one of the basic elements of the telephone.

We'll hear about that, plus we'll test your knowledge about some recent science and the news.

Seth Schulman specializes in science and technology.

He's written for a Smithsonian Tech Review, the Atlantic, Rolling Stone, and other publications.

The telephone Gambit is his fifth book.

I called him at his home in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Hi, Seth.

How are you today?

Good, thanks.

How are you, Steve?

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