Innovation and the Communications Revolution: From the Victorian Pioneers to Broadband Internet

by John Bray

This book describes the stage-by-stage creation and development, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, of the remarkable global communications technologies that have profoundly transformed the way that people live and work.

Written in a highly readable style, this book provides a fascinating account of the key innovators from Faraday, Maxwell and Hertz to the inventors of the transistor, microchip, optical fibre systems and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0852962185
• ISBN13: 9780852962183
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Institution of Engineering & Technology
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"