alexander graham bell google logo 2008

Google today celebrates the birthday of Alexander Graham Bell (born 1847), the inventor of the telephone (though with many disputes).

Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor and innovator, most often associated with the invention of the telephone. […] In reflection, Bell considered his most famous invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist and refused to have a telephone in his study.Upon Bell’s death, all telephones throughout the United States “stilled their ringing for a silent minute in tribute to the man whose yearning to communicate made them possible.” [Wikipedia]

[thanks to Pascal]