The Story of Telecommunications
George P. Oslin
ISBN 10: 0865544182 ISBN 13: 9780865544185
Editorial: Mercer Univ Pr, 1992
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Descripción:
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Sinopsis:
A fascinating popular account of communications advances from semaphore to Morse telegraphy to high-speed computer/data transmission, and from hand-cranked telephones to television and microwaves, as researched in the journals, diaries, and letters of the communications pioneers, or as told directly to the 93-year-old Oslin by such luminaries as Thomas A. Edison, William Henry Jackson (Civil War soldier, pioneer photographer, and covered wagon bullwhacker, then nearly 100 years old), William Campbell (last surviving pony express rider, then 95), and Martin Cahoon (on the Great Eastern when the first transatlantic cable was laid). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Reseña del editor: Recounting in epic detail the fascinating history of mankind's continuing quest for simpler, faster, and more accurate means of communicating with each other and with the world, this is a story not just of machines, but of dreamers and schemers--a personal chronicle fleshed out and verified by thousands of company documents, newspaper, magazine, and book accounts, and more than 1,000 letters and diaries of telecommunications pioneers.
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Título: The Story of Telecommunications
Editorial: Mercer Univ Pr
Año de publicación: 1992
Encuadernación: Hardcover
Condición: Very Good
Condición de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket