Builders of the global village.8184050321 Builders of the global village. Ali, Amjad. Reference Press 2007 247 pages $32.00 Hardcover HM1359 This book by Ali (deputy librarian, Aligarh Muslim U., India) is based on the premise that certain innovators in communication technologies--great thinkers, writers, scientists, and engineers--have "brought the Information Revolution resulting in the realization of the Global Village." He presents biographical treatments of 11 of these figures that focus on their particular innovations and contributions to society. They are Johannes Gutenberg, Alexander Graham Bell Graham Bell could refer to:
John Logie Baird (August 13 1888 – June 14 1946) was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first working television system. , Charles Babbage, Marshall McLuhan, Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (born 16 December 1917) is a British science-fiction author and inventor, most famous for his novel , and for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick on the . , Alvin Toffler, Bill Gates, Tim Berners-Lee, and Larry Page. Distributed in the US by ISBS ISBS International Society of Biomechanics in Sports ISBS International Society for Biophysics and Imaging of the Skin ISBS Illinois State Button Society ISBS Iowa State Button Society ISBS Idaho State Button Society . ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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