communication and technology

"An intimate narrative exploring the past, present, and future of books. Four seismic shifts have rocked human communication: the invention of writing, the alphabet, mechanical type and the printing press, and digitization. Poised over this fourth transition, e-reader in one hand, perfect-bound book in the other [the question is]: what is lost and what is gained as paper turns to pixel? Gutenberg's Fingerprint trolls the past, present, and evolving future of the book in search of an answer"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses a number of inventions related to reading and writing.

Provides answers to questions about the science behind crime investigation and includes information about crime-fighting careers, and a related experiment.

Explores the significance of documents in the digital age, discussing how new technologies have transformed the ways people read and write documents.

Contains over 210 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about advances in the technologies of human communication, exploring topics such as the abacus, E-mail, hieroglyphics, and virtual reality, and discussing the lives of key people in the development of technology.

Explains how to stay connected through technology without losing or diminishing intelligence, attention spans, or ability to live a full life.

"Yesterday's science, today's technology, science activities." Nineteen projects answer questions about the technology of communication.

Discussion of the methods of communication used before the telephone was invented, including drums, smoke signals, semaphore towers, carrier pigeons, the stage coach, the Pony Express, lanterns, Morse code, and the telegraph.