The Worldwide History of Telecommunications Hardcover - 2003 - 1st Edition
by Anton A. Huurdeman
First line
Telecommunication is a technology that eliminates distance between continents, between countries, between persons.
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The first comprehensive history of the Information Age how we got there and where we are going
The exchange of information is essential for both the organization of nature and the social life of mankind. Until recently, communication between people was more or less limited by geographic proximity. Today, thanks to ongoing innovations in telecommunications, we live in an Information Age where distance has ceased to be an obstacle to the sharing of ideas.
The Worldwide History of Telecommunications is the first comprehensive history ever written on the subject, covering every aspect of telecommunications from a global perspective. In clear, easy-to-understand language, the author presents telecommunications as a uniquely human achievement, dependent on the contributions of many ingenious inventors, discoverers, physicists, and engineers over a period spanning more than two centuries.
From the crude signaling methods employed in antiquity all the way to today's digital era, The Worldwide History of Telecommunications features complete and fascinating coverage of the groundbreaking innovations that have served to make telecommunications the largest industry on earth, including:
- Optical telegraphy
- Electrical telegraphy via wires and cables
- Telephony and telephone switching
- Radio transmission technologies
- Cryptography
- Coaxial and optical fiber networks
- Telex and telefax
- Multimedia applications
Broad in scope, yet clear and logical in its presentation, this groundbreaking book will serve as an invaluable resource for anyone involved or merely curious about the ever evolving field of telecommunications.
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- Title The Worldwide History of Telecommunications
- Author Anton A. Huurdeman
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 680
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-IEEE Press, New York
- Date July 31, 2003
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780471205050 / 0471205052
- Weight 2.96 lbs (1.34 kg)
- Dimensions 10.22 x 7.22 x 1.39 in (25.96 x 18.34 x 3.53 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Telecommunication - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002027240
- Dewey Decimal Code 384
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Citations
- Choice, 01/01/2004, Page 931
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