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Seven wonders of communication / by Donald Cleveland.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cleveland, Donald, 1935- author.
Series:
Lerangis, Peter. Seven wonders.
Seven wonders
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Telecommunication--Juvenile literature.
Telecommunication.
Multimedia communications--Juvenile literature.
Multimedia communications.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (80 pages) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2010]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This book discusses seven wonders of communication: language, the telephone, cameras, television, personal computers, the World Wide Web, and robot communication. The author describes how each wonder works and what part it has played in the field of communications.
Contents:
Tell me something : the incredible human language
Give me a call : telephones then and now
Say cheese : cameras from a black box to digital
Pictures out of the air : the magic of television
Password, please : the personal computer
Learn, play, or just fool around : the World Wide Web
Talking to machines : the wonders of robot communication
Timeline.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-77) and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
1-282-53119-0
9786612531194
0-7613-5988-5
OCLC:
748211583

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