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Auteur(s) : Pinkerton, Alasdair
Titre(s) : Radio [Texte imprimé] : making waves in sound / Alasdair Pinkerton
Publication : London : Reaktion books : Science museum, 2019
Description matérielle : 240 pages : ill. ; 22 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Radio is a medium of seemingly endless contradictions. Now in its third century of
existence, the technology still seems startlingly modern; despite frequent predictions
of its demise, radio continues to evolve and flourish in the age of the internet and
social media. This book explores the history of the radio, describing its technological,
political, and social evolution, and how it emerged from Victorian experimental laboratories
to become a near-ubiquitous presence in our lives. [This book] is shaped by radio's
multiple characters and characteristics--radio waves occur in nature, for instance,
but have also been harnessed and molded by human beings to bridge oceans and reconfigure
our experience of space and time. Published in association with the Science Museum,
London, [this book] is an informative and thought-provoking book for all enthusiasts
of an old technology that still has the capacity to enthuse, entertain, entice, and
enrage today."--Provided by publisher
Sujet(s) : Radio -- Histoire
Radio -- Société
Indice(s) Dewey :
621.384 09 (23e éd.) = Radio et radar (technologie) - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1789140781. - ISBN 9781789140781
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45779954d
Notice n° :
FRBNF45779954
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction : mythology and magnetism ; Wireless worlds ; Making waves ; Radio
and the nation ; Empires of the air ; Radio wars ; Radio and popular culture.
