Author

Publication

2005-09-30 - Greenwood Press

Language

English

Word Count

44,000 words, Guess

Page Count

176 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

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  • Library of Congress Control Number2005017403
  • Goodreads4144224

Classifications

  • LCCTK6547 .R44 2005

Description

"This book chronicles the history of radio as technology and as media. Radio grew from a clumsy, temperamental form of wireless telegraph to a system that is so ubiquitous and easy to use that it has disappeared to users as a technology and become part of the fabric of human existence. This biography charts the growth of the technical end of radio, starting with the history of electricity, and moving through the invention of vacuum tubes, the heterodyne, FM, transistors, and microchips. But the history of radio is not just wires and electricity - it's the story of strange characters, deep thinkers, visionary mystics, hyperactive minds, ambitious souls, power hungry demagogues, and utopian humanists; all of whom strove to make radio into what they thought it should be."--Jacket.

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Other Editions

  • Radio: The Life Story of a Technology (Greenwood Technographies)HardcoverGreenwood Press2005-09-30

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