A brief history of everything wireless : how invisible waves have changed the world /: how invisible waves have changed the world. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Petri Launiainen.
• Other Names: Launiainen, Petri
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 621.38409; Popular works; Wireless communication systems; Telematics; Telecommunication -- Technological innovations; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical; Telecommunication -- Technological innovations; Telematics; Wireless communication systems; Computers -- Social Aspects -- General; Technology & Engineering -- History; Computers -- Hardware -- Network Hardware; Computers -- Information Technology; Technology & Engineering -- Microwaves; Ethical & social aspects of IT; History of engineering & technology; Network hardware; Information retrieval; Microwave technology; Computer science; Computer Communication Networks; Microwaves; Computers -- General; Information technology: general issues; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319789101; 3319789104
• Related ISBNs: 9783319789095; 3319789090
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 12, 2018)
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.