The Age of Electronic Messages (New Liberal Arts) [Paperback]

John G. Truxal (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0262701022 | ISBN-13: 978-0262701020 | Publication Date: March 7, 1990

What are the frontiers of today's communications technology? The Age of Electronic Messages explains the scientific principles on which this technology is based and explores its capabilities and limitations, its risks and benefits.In straightforward language accompanied by numerous illustrations, Truxal describes the communications technology that has become such an integral part of today's work and leisure. He provides accounts of the bar codes used in supermarkets and the postal system of the way signals are described in terms of frequencies and in digital form of hearing and audio systems, of radio and navigation, of medical imaging, and of television broadcasting and narrowcasting.Unlike other books on the subject, The Age of Electronic Messages takes into account the sociology of the new communications technology as well as its mathematical and physical underpinnings.John Truxal is Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Technology and Society at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. The Age of Electronic Messages is included in the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation sponsored series, the New Liberal Arts.

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"This is a marvelous book. It is informative, engagingly written and readily accessible to those like myself with little scientific or technological background. I read it with considerable fascination." J. Ronald Spencer, Associate Dean, Trinity College

About the Author

John Truxal is Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Technology and Society at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Product Details

• Paperback: 505 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press (March 7, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262701022
• ISBN-13: 978-0262701020
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,239,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Probably the best way to teach basic concepts of telecomm..., June 17, 1999

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This review is from: The Age of Electronic Messages (New Liberal Arts) (Hardcover)

I enjoyed reading it. In my view this is the best book to assist students to learn and understand basic communication concepts.

5.0 out of 5 stars a great book! full of interesting info, April 12, 1999

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This review is from: The Age of Electronic Messages (Paperback)

This book is great! It covers everything from UPC codes to the amount of electricity required to stun someone, to gas mileage, to USPS codes. Fun to read and very accessible.