Radio - Making Waves in Sound

"Published in association with the Science Museum, London."

About the author

Alasdair Pinkerton is a Senior Lecturer in Geography and Geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is an avid radio listener and has battled to detect shortwave signals from around the world.

Summary

A new 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.

Product details

• Authors: Alasdair Pinkerton
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781789140781
• ISBN: 978-1-78914-078-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; Radio, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, History of engineering and technology, Radio / Podcasts, History of engineering & technology