Communication technology changing over time
The book follows communication from the telegraph and Morse code through telephones, mobile phones, smartphones and internet communication.
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Tom Jackson - Author
A technology-focused history that connects early communication methods with modern phones and internet communication, showing how inventions and engineering changes shaped telephone-related devices.
From early forms of communication, such as the telegraph, and morse code to today's super-fast communications through the internet, trace the evolution of technology's developments in all things telephone-related. A host of communication devices and telephones technologies, such as how wires are used and why vibrations are important, to wireless mobile phones and sending digital images and sounds via smartphones, show how inventors and engineers have developed and improved on technology to make telephones such an important part of human history. This book also dissects some of the major developments in each era, to give a rounded picture of these amazing machines. Technology Timelines is a series of six book aimed at upper KS2 and early KS3 readers, tracing the development of specific technologies through the ages.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA technology-focused history that connects early communication methods with modern phones and internet communication, showing how inventions and engineering changes shaped telephone-related devices.
The book follows communication from the telegraph and Morse code through telephones, mobile phones, smartphones and internet communication.
Some readers may benefit from support with technical ideas such as vibrations, wireless transmission and sending digital images or sounds; pause to connect each idea with familiar phone use.
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