Beauchamp (1923-99, retired from the U. of Lancaster, UK) devotes the first half of the book to terrestrial telegraphy, from the beginnings of communication with mechanical ...

Presenting profiles of the mathematicians, engineers, and other scientists who helped create and develop communications technologies, Bray (Imperial College London) begins his ...

This is a balanced biography of one of the 20th Century's outstanding inventors, published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of Baird's first public demonstration of a ...

In this 1901 book, the telegraph engineer John Joseph Fahie explained the newly invented and rapidly developing technology of radio.

This accessible work provides a detailed picture of the history of one of the most important companies in the electronic industry.

Exploring the beginnings of the most influential communications medium of all time, this work covers the history of early mechanical and later electronic means of television ...