From the wireless to the web : the evolution of telecommunications, 1901-2001 /
"From the Wireless to the Web: The Evolution of Telecommunications 1901 to 2001 is a story of endeavour, from the discovery and development of early radio to the present forms of communication. It describes how there has been a series of technological developments and events that has led inexor...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sydney :
University of New South Wales Press,
2000.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "From the Wireless to the Web: The Evolution of Telecommunications 1901 to 2001 is a story of endeavour, from the discovery and development of early radio to the present forms of communication. It describes how there has been a series of technological developments and events that has led inexorably to the achievement of enhanced person-to-person communications, the Internet and the World Wide Web. The book marks the centenary of the first trans-Atlantic radio signal, sent from Poldhu in the United Kingdom to Marconi in St John's, Newfoundland."--Jacket |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-298) and index. |
ISBN: | 0585355428 9780585355429 |