Posted Sunday at 01:20 PM5 days Dot-Dash to Dot.Com Dot-Dash to Dot.Com How Modern Telecommunications Evolved from the Telegraph to the Internet by Andrew Wheen Publisher Springer Science & Business Media Published Date 2010-11-04 Page Count 302 Categories Technology & Engineering / Telecommunications, Computers / History, Computers / Networking / Hardware, Technology & Engineering / Electronics / Circuits / General, Science / General, Science / Life Sciences / General, Technology & Engineering / Electrical, Computers / General Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1441967605 Telecommunications is a major global industry, and this unique book chronicles the development of this complex technology from the electric telegraph to the Internet in a simple, accessible, and entertaining way. The book opens with the early years of the electric telegraph. The reader will learn how the Morse telegraph evolved into an international network that spanned the globe, starting with the development of international undersea cables, and the heroic attempts to lay a trans-Atlantic cable. The book describes the events that led to the invention of the telephone, and the subsequent disputes over who had really invented it. It takes a look at some of the most important applications that have appeared on the Internet, the mobile revolution, and ends with a discussion of future key developments in the telecommunications industry. More Information
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