The Internet is the descendant of a military secret message-carrying system, designed to survive a nuclear war. Live pictures of Nelson Mandela's release from prison in 1990 will soon be reaching Sirius, a star over 83 billion km away.
This is a collection of amazing facts about communications. Each paragraph focuses on a different fact, from TV and radio to the Internet and the digital revolution, not forgetting fax, CDs and the telephone.
- ISBN10 0340714751
- ISBN13 9780340714751
- Publish Date 11 March 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 February 2002
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hachette Children's Group
- Imprint Hodder Children's Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 144
- Language English