Getting the Message
A History of Communications, Second Edition
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Product details:
- Edition number 2
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 21 May 2021
- ISBN 9780198863007
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages384 pages
- Size 253x195x26 mm
- Weight 1010 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 182 halftones and line illustrations 89
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Short description:
Getting the Message is a unique and engaging exploration of the fascinating history of communications, starting with ancient civilisations, the Greeks and Romans, then leading through the development of the electric telegraph, and up to the present day with email and smartphones.
MoreLong description:
Getting the Message is a unique and engaging exploration of the fascinating history of communications, starting with ancient civilisations, the Greeks and Romans, then leading through the development of the electric telegraph, and up to the present day with email and smartphones.
The technology is explained in a particularly simple and accessible way, and themes from politics, economics, and society weave in and out of the scientific ideas. The book concludes with a look at the possible future of communications, the new developments to come, and the implications these will have for our everyday lives. Lavishly illustrated, and including many original illustrations that show just how these new developments were received in their time, the book presents an informative and highly entertaining introduction to the field of communications.
This revised second edition looks at the new developments in communications over the two decades since the first edition's release.
Review from previous edition The delight of 'Getting the Message' is Laszlo Solymar's deft and illuminating interweaving of the human and the technological sides of communications. He puts each major innovation in the context of its times, so you understand its impact. His explanations are lucid, and his stories both thought-provoking and fun. Solymar has reached the writer's hardest goal, combining sharp insight with clear and entertaining prose in a book readers will treasure.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The beginning of communications
The mechamical telegraph
The electric telegraph
The telephone
Wireless telegraphy
The Telephone Revisited
The Communications Revolution
Microwaves
The solid state revolution
Digitalisation
Optical Communications
Deregulation and Privatisation
Mobile Communications
The Fax Machine
The communications-computing symbiosis
Satellites again
Optical fibers revisited
The Mature Internet
Mobile phones, smartphones
Artificial Intelligence
The Future
