From spark to satellite : [electronic resource] a history of radio communication / by Stanley Leinwoll ; edited by Fred Shunaman.

Bibliography: p. 233-234.

Includes index.

The father of wireless -- In the beginning -- In search of a detector -- Continuous waves -- The audion -- Early regulation -- A new radio era -- Progress and problems -- The birth of RCA -- Broadcasting begins -- Regulating the broadcasters -- The amateurs break through -- Radio wave propagation -- Rise of the shortwaves -- Television and FM -- Radar and semiconductors: stepping stones toward space -- Signals in space -- The hams in space -- Signals from the stars -- Lasers--future communications.