A Brief History of Everything Wireless How Invisible Waves Have Changed the World /

• Main Author: Launiainen, Petri (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computers and civilization.; Technology-History.; Computer communication systems.; Application software.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Popular Computer Science.; Computers and Society.; History of Technology.; Computer Communication Networks.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

Since the discovery of electromagnetic waves less than 150 years ago, the application of wireless communications technology has not only revolutionized our daily lives, but also fundamentally changed the course of world history. A Brief History of Everything Wireless charts the fascinating story of...

Table of Contents:

• Tsushima Strait
• "It's Of No Use Whatsoever"
• Radio at War
• The Golden Age of Wireless
• Mesmerized by the Moving Image
• Highways in the Sky
• Traffic Jam Over the Equator
• The Hockey Stick Years
• The American Way
• Internet in Your Pocket
• Home Sweet Home
• "Please Identify Yourself"
• Let There Be Light
• Epilogue
• TechTalk: Sparks and Waves
• TechTalk: Size Matters
• TechTalk: There Is No Free Lunch
• TechTalk: Making a Mesh
• TechTalk: The Holy Grail.