The Signal - Ted G Lewis

The Signal

The History of Signal Processing and How We Communicate

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
188 Seiten
2019
Chapman & Hall/CRC (Verlag)
978-0-367-22561-2 (ISBN)
48,60 inkl. MwSt
Computers are the foundation of the information age, but communication technology is the foundation of the foundation. Without the theories and practical applications of theory brought to us by the pioneers of communication, the computer age would perhaps have remained in the back office, hidden away as infrastructure like electricity or running water – critical to modern life, but not as transforming as the combination of communications and computing. The information age exploded once machines were endowed with the ability to talk among themselves. The Signal connects everything to everything else, in both communication, and in the metaphorical sense as the link between and among people.

Features






Identifies the key ideas underlying modern communications technology, and documents the contributions of its inventors



Explores the signal in communication, and also in the metaphorical sense as the link between and among people



Leads the reader through a journey from ancient number systems to Voyager II to radio and MP3s to quantum cryptography



Includes coverage of "Signals from Hell," including memes and "fake news" on the Internet



Looks to the future of communication, with emergent 5G

Ted G. Lewis was a professor of computer science and Executive Director of the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He has previously held a variety of positions within IEEE Computer Science (EIC of IEEE software, EIC of IEEE COMPUTER), industry (CEO Daimler Chrysler Research and Technology NA, Senior Vice President of Eastman Kodak) and academia (University of Louisiana, Oregon State University, Naval Postgraduate School). Lewis is the author of over 30 books and 100 papers on computing, critical infrastructure, and complexity.

1. The Blasphemy of Zero

2. Most People Think I Am Dead

3. Elvis Has Left The Building

4. Butterflies and Bits

5. The Fountainhead

6. The Day The Music Died

7. Radio Is Dead – Long Live Radio

8. 128 Ears To Listen

9. Spooky Action At a Distance

10. Signals From Hell

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 17 Tables, black and white; 25 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 136 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Theorie / Studium
Technik Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
Technik Nachrichtentechnik
ISBN-10 0-367-22561-1 / 0367225611
ISBN-13 978-0-367-22561-2 / 9780367225612
Zustand Neuware
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