Constant Touch

Zusatztext 'Agar reassesses the ever-evolving nature of this multitasking machine clamped to the ears of billions ... with characteristically clear precision.' Informationen zum Autor Jon Agar is currently Senior Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies at University College London and was previously director of the National Archive for the History of Computing. He is the author of Science in the Twentieth Century and Beyond published by Polity Press, and the editor of the British Journal for the History of Science. He has appeared on BBC radio and BBC News in his capacity as an expert on contemporary technologies (mobile phones, ID cards) and the history of modern science and technology. He lives in London, England. Klappentext An global history of the mobile phone by UCL technology expert Jon Agar. Zusammenfassung A brilliant global history of the device that is now utterly ubiquitous and yet represents an unprecedented revolution in technology.

Product details

• Authors: Jon Agar, Agar J, Agar Jon
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.02.2013
• EAN: 9781848315075
• ISBN: 978-1-84831-507-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, History of engineering and technology, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Impact of technology on society