Monday, January 23, 2012

Follow Up : The History of Wireless Systems

There are two fantastic books about the history of wireless. As I earlier said, if one wants to innovate or revolutionize anything, it is necessary to understand the origin. For innovation in wireless technology and standards, it is important to know the origin of the wireless systems. In the the post for this month, I have already discussed the history. As this is the follow up post, I will be writing about the two books I found particularly interesting. There are number of books available on this subject but I loved these two.

1. History of Wireless By : T. K. Sarkar, Robert Mailloux , Arthur A. Oliner, M.Salazar-Palma , Dipak L. 
                                          Sengupta

2.The History of Wireless: How Creative Minds Produced Technology for the Masses By Ira Brodsky

I am just trying to give a summary of these.

The first book, History of wireless. This book contains everything!! The chronology of events is all inclusive and it starts from 2637BC, since the development of magnetism. I am still reading the Maxwell's equations part of it. The authors have covered the theoretical and historical details starting from the development of magnetism covering telegraphy, radio upto modern wireless systems.

The second book is an interesting read. It is almost like a novel. Different chapters for different developments. The author starts with the magic/science debate behind the wireless and then after describing all these technical developments he talks about the future of communication. This book is a must read for any tech-enthusiast.

Another great video from Ericsson covering major milestones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5jPoQzEh-M

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