Publisher's Synopsis
Innovation is a buzzword prevalent in business and media-but the origin of breakthrough technology is not a recent phenomenon. As far back as the American Revolution, seminal innovations such as the invention of electricity were the catalyst to sweeping, large-scale changes. One of them being "electric speech."
The Invention of the Communication Engine 'Telephone' is the fifth volume in the Invention Series. With an authoritative background in the sciences, author B. J. G. van der Kooij has plumbed the depths of the history of technology to create an insightful retelling of how humanity started to communicate with lightning speed over vast distances. It resulted in our modern Age of Communication Technology.
Van der Kooij's scholarly book is both accessible and fascinating to the everyday reader as well as captivating to experts in the field of technology. While the topic continues to be globally relevant, the telephone's early history is an important landmark invention in that chronicle.
The Invention of the Communication Engine 'Telephone' analyses what happened in the context of the laten eighteenth century. Through extensive and detailed observations, the author explores the repercussions of the telephone on several sectors, from economic to technical to social.
