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Wireless Writing in the Age of Marconi
Timothy Campbell
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Paperback. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: TJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
Wireless technology has become deeply embedded in everyday life, but its impact cannot be fully understood without probing the contributions of the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), who ushered in the beginning of wireless communication. Marconi produced and detected sound waves over long distances, using the curvature of the earth for direction, and laid the foundations for what we know as radio—the original mobile, voice-activated, and electronic media community.
Timothy C. Campbell demonstrates that Marconi’s invention of the wireless telegraph was not simply a technological act but also had an impact on poetry and aesthetics and linked the written ... Read more
Wireless technology has become deeply embedded in everyday life, but its impact cannot be fully understood without probing the contributions of the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), who ushered in the beginning of wireless communication. Marconi produced and detected sound waves over long distances, using the curvature of the earth for direction, and laid the foundations for what we know as radio—the original mobile, voice-activated, and electronic media community.
Timothy C. Campbell demonstrates that Marconi’s invention of the wireless telegraph was not simply a technological act but also had an impact on poetry and aesthetics and linked the written ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Electronic Mediations
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816644421
SKU
V9780816644421
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About Timothy Campbell
Timothy C. Campbell is assistant professor of Italian at Cornell University.
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