The Story of Communications (Signs of the Times)

By Anita Ganeri

Early methods of long-distance communication (such as fire signal, flashing mirrors, semaphore, and African drums), the development of the spoken word, letter writing, telegraph and Morse code, telephone, radio, television, satellites and computers (including the Internet), and possibilities for the future are all considered in this latest volume in the Signs of the Times series.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195214110
• ISBN13: 9780195214116
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.6" x 0.4" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7