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020			_a9781789140781
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100			_aPinkerton, Alasdair
245			_aRadio : making waves in sound
260			_bReaktion Books, _c2019 _aLondon :
300			_a240 p. ; _bill., (b & w), _c21 cm
365			_b18.00 _cGBP _d109.80
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aRadio is a medium of seemingly endless contradictions. Now in its third century of existence, the technology still seems startlingly modern; despite frequent predictions of its demise, radio continues to evolve and flourish in the age of the internet and social media. This book explores the history of the radio, describing its technological, political, and social evolution, and how it emerged from Victorian experimental laboratories to become a near-ubiquitous presence in our lives. [This book] is shaped by radio's multiple characters and characteristics--radio waves occur in nature, for instance, but have also been harnessed and molded by human beings to bridge oceans and reconfigure our experience of space and time. Published in association with the Science Museum, London, [this book] is an informative and thought-provoking book for all enthusiasts of an old technology that still has the capacity to enthuse, entertain, entice, and enrage today.
650			_aBBC
650			_aMarconi
650			_aRadio amateurs
650			_aVLF transmissions
650			_aRadio masts
650			_aElectromagnetic waves
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