Media & Communications

DK Eyewitness Books

by Clive Gifford, Steve Gorton

Trace the history of communications, from hieroglyphics to the information superhighway. Stunning photographs and text highlight the most important aspects of the communications world. Color photographs throughout.

Genres: Science

64 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1960

About the author

Clive Gifford is a highly experienced journalist and author with over 170 books published and more than 800 features and stories written for adults and children.

Clive is an unusual author who likes to work in both fiction and non-fiction. Perhaps this reflects his unusual life which, so far, has seen him travel to over 70 countries, be held hostage in Colombia, go parachuting, coach several sports and run a computer games company.

He says: "What drives me more than anything else is the desire to communicate, entertain and inform through the written word."

Reviews

[Miriam · Rating 3 out of 5]

while the layout and illustrations are typical of the eyewitness series, this selection is quite out of date. it is time for dk books to redo this topic.

[Mariya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informational. This book shows in chronological order how technology, media, and communication has grown and adapted to our needs and wants. The pictures are very cool and align nicely with the information given on that particular page.

[Kathy Sebesta · Rating 2 out of 5]

Altho the Eyewitness series is generally quite good, this is hopelessly outdated.