Telephone "voice", together meaning "distant voice". Credit for the invention of the electric telephone is frequently disputed. As with other influential inventions such as radio, television, the light bulb, and the computer, several inventors pioneered experimental work on "voice transmission over a wire" and improved on each other's ideas. New controversies over the issue still arise from time to time. Charles Bourseul, Antonio Meucci, Johann Philipp Reis, Alexander Graham Bell, and Elisha Gray, amongst others, have all been credited with the invention of the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell was the first to be awarded a patent for the electric telephone by
The Invention of Art of human expression and embellishment. Reviewer Marc Spiegler called the book "a must-read for anyone active in the arts". The Invention of Art The Invention of Art: A Cultural History (2001) is an art history book by Dr. Larry Shiner (1934- ), Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, History, and Visual Arts at the University of Illinois, Springfield Shiner spent over a decade to finish the work of this book. The book sees fine art as a modern invention due to social transformations during the 18th century. David Clowney, writing for "Contemporary Aesthetics" summarizes the central thesis of this book. "In The