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The Communications Miracle

The Telecommunication Pioneers from Morse to the Information Superhighway

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  • © 1995

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  1. John Bray
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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • John Bray
    Pages 1-4

  3. Creators of the Mathematical and Scientific Foundations

    • John Bray
    Pages 5-33

  4. The First Telegraph and Cable Engineers

    • John Bray
    Pages 35-47

  5. The First Telephone Engineers

    • John Bray
    Pages 49-59

  6. Inventors of the Thermionic Valve

    • John Bray
    Pages 61-67

  7. The Telegraph-Telephone Frequency-Division Multiplex Transmission Engineers

    • John Bray
    Pages 69-75

  8. Pioneers of Radio Communication

    • John Bray
    Pages 77-98

  9. Pioneers of Sound Radio Broadcasting

    • John Bray
    Pages 99-111

  10. Pioneers of Television Broadcasting

    • John Bray
    Pages 113-133

  11. The Engineers of the Early Multichannel Telephony Coaxial Cable Systems

    • John Bray
    Pages 135-151

  12. The First Microwave Radio-Relay Engineers

    • John Bray
    Pages 153-175

  13. The Inventors of the Transistor and the Microchip

    • John Bray
    Pages 177-198

  14. The Creators of Information Theory, Pulse-Code Modulation, and Digital Techniques

    • John Bray
    Pages 199-210

  15. The Pioneers of Electromechanical and Computer-Controlled Electronic Exchange Switching Systems

    • John Bray
    Pages 211-236

  16. The First Satellite Communication Engineers

    • John Bray
    Pages 237-256

  17. Pioneers of Long-Distance Waveguide Systems

    • John Bray
    Pages 257-267

  18. Pioneers of Optical Fiber Communication Systems

    • John Bray
    Pages 269-297

  19. Inventors of the Visual Telecommunication Systems

    • John Bray
    Pages 299-317

  20. Information Technology and Services

    • John Bray
    Pages 319-336
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Communications Miracle

  • Book Subtitle: The Telecommunication Pioneers from Morse to the Information Superhighway

  • Authors: John Bray

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6038-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45042-6Published: 01 January 1995

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-6038-2Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 379

  • Number of Illustrations: 118 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Applied and Technical Physics

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