Product Description: Today, in a world in which news flashes around the globe in an instant, time lags are inconceivable. In the mid-nineteenth century, communication between the United States and Europe -- the center of world affairs -- was only as quick as the fastest ship could cross the Atlantic, making the United States isolated and vulnerable...read more

A historical analysis of the role of the telegraph in the American Civil War reveals how President Lincoln used telegraph technology as an e-mail-like military tool that enabled him to rally his generals and create a modern model for electronic leadership. Reprint.

A historical analysis of the role of the telegraph in the American Civil War reveals how president Lincoln used telegraph technology as an e-mail-like military tool that enabled him to rally his generals and create a modern model for electronic leadership. 25,000 first printing.

Offers a historical review of the development of the telegraph network, from its invention by Samuel Morse in the nineteenth century to the present day, exploring its social, cultural, economic, and political influence on the world throughout its existence. By the author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses. Reprint.

Product Description: After several unsuccessful attempts, on July 27, 1866 the great transatlantic telegraph cable was hauled ashore in Heart’s Content, Newfoundland. After several botched attempts, the continents of Europe and America were joined. At a length of 1686 nautical miles, no less a vessel than the Great Eastern was used to transport the vast length of coiled wire across the wild and inhospitable Atlantic ocean, transforming in an unprecedented way the manner in which news could travel about the globe...read more

An exploration of the past 150 years of history as reflected through telegrams is organized under such categories as 'Parents and Children,' 'Hollywood,' and 'Lincoln in the Telegraph Office,' and ranges from humorous personal notes to political commentary. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

Discusses Morse's invention and its impact on communication, details the creation of the first transcontinental telegraph line, explores its effect on the Civil War, and looks at advances in telegraph technology.

An exploration of the past 150 years of history as reflected through telegrams is organized under such categories as 'Parents and Children,' 'Hollywood,' and 'Lincoln in the Telegraph Office,' and ranges from humorous personal notes to political commentary. 17,500 first printing.

Profiles Morse as a gifted artist, political prospect, and innovator responsible for the American electromagnetic telegraph, describing the painful defeats that overshadowed his successes. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Life and Times of Cotton Mather. 20,000 first printing.

Product Description: The telecom engineer's all-in-one IP telephony resource!-- Two authoritative IP telephony resources, at one special price.-- Includes Voice Over IP, Second Edition: UP-to-the-minute coverage of QoS, IP/SS7 interworking, TRIP, and more...read more

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Product Description: This new edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography (originally published in 1943 by Alfred A. Knopf) describes the life and career of Morse, with attention to his artistic achievements, his inventions, his faith, and the contradictions of his character...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Following Nikola Tesla On His Work With Alternating Currents, this book is the second in a three part Tesla Presents series offering the reader what has been, up until now, unavailable material on the pioneering work of Nikola Tesla in field of radio frequency electrical engineering...read more

Product Description: Corporate Networks examines the changes in telecommunications from a wide variety of perspectives, including the technologies, the applications involved, management and organizational issues, and societal and cultural issues. It offers comprehensive coverage of information systems and telecommunications and their interrelationship in the marketplace and the workplace...read more

Product Description: This book analyzes the theoretical performance of an MFSK system for slowly-fading signals with added noise, fast fading, frequency errors and synchronization (timing) errors.