The Signal
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The Signal

The History of Signal Processing and How We Communicate

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The Signal

The History of Signal Processing and How We Communicate

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About This Book

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



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Publisher
Chapman and Hall/CRC
Year
2019
ISBN
9781000007190
Edition
1
Topic
Computer Science
Subtopic
Computer Science General
Index
Computer Science

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Chapter 1 ■ The Blasphemy of Zero
  9. Chapter 2 ■ Most People Think I Am Dead
  10. Chapter 3 ■ Elvis Has Left the Building
  11. Chapter 4 ■ Butterflies and Bits
  12. Chapter 5 ■ The Fountainhead
  13. Chapter 6 ■ The Day the Music Died
  14. Chapter 7 ■ Radio Is Dead—Long Live Radio
  15. Chapter 8 ■ 128 Ears to Listen
  16. Chapter 9 ■ Spooky Action at a Distance
  17. Chapter 10 ■ Signals from Hell
  18. Index