Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World

by Marc Raboy

Book Overview

A little over a century ago, the world went wireless. Cables and all their limiting inefficiencies gave way to a revolutionary means of transmitting news and information almost everywhere, instantaneously. By means of "Hertzian waves," as radio waves were initially known, ships could now make contact with other ships (saving lives, such as on the doomed S.S. Titanic); financial markets could coordinate with other financial markets, establishing the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019090593X
• ISBN13: 9780190905934
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 872 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"