Discover the behind-the-scenes stories of the inventors and inventions that primed the world for our current communications, media, and information explosion. ""Communications and Broadcasting, Revised Edition"" sets the scene with a look at the development and interconnection of scientific ideas: electromagnetism, leading to the telegraph and telephone; Maxwell's wave theory, leading to radio and television; and communications and information theory, from Claude Shannon to the World Wide Web and beyond. Then there are engaging portraits of the inventors themselves - visionaries who were part scientist, part engineer, and part entrepreneur. Students will find out how they made modern communications possible, and how they repeatedly recast its media.

 

This book is part of a book series called Milestones in Discovery And Invention .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 by Facts On File Inc .

Harry Henderson is an educational and technical editor and writer in the areas of mathematics and computer science. He is the author of Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology, Global Terrorism, Revised Edition, Modern Mathematicians, and Nuclear Physics.