Dot-Dash to Dot.com: How Modern Telecommunications Evolved from the Telegraph to the Internet

by Andrew Wheen

Telecommunications is a major global industry, and this unique book chronicles the development of this complex technology from the electric telegraph to the Internet in a simple, accessible, and entertaining way. The book opens with the early years of the electric telegraph. The reader will learn how the Morse telegraph evolved into an international network that spanned the globe, starting with the development of international undersea cables, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441967591
• ISBN13: 9781441967596
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.4"