The story of telecommunications
Choice Reviews Online · 1993
Recounting in epic detail the fascinating history of mankind's continuing quest for simpler, faster, and more accurate means of communicating with each other and with the world, this is a story not just of machines, but of dreamers and schemers--a personal chronicle fleshed out and verified by thousands of company documents, newspaper, magazine, and book accounts, and more than 1,000 letters and diaries of telecommunications pioneers.