The History of Sending and Receiving Information from 1840 to 2000

Do you ever wonder how we got from sending and receiving messages and letters by Pony Express to our current state of being overwhelmed with information? In this presentation, we will discuss the technologies and inventors of telegraphy, AM and FM radio, television, the Internet, and the World Wide Web.

Dick Fairley: PhD in Computer Science and Systems Engineering from UCLA. He worked as an engineer, university professor, consultant, and as a jazz disk jockey at KRCC.

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