From the wireless to the web: the evolution of telecommunications, 1901-2001

Early communications (before 1901)

Babbagefrustrated genius (the mid-1800s)

Marconi's gamble (1901)

Telecommunication (1901 to 1914). Feature: Spark transmission methods

The Mawson expedition (1911 to 1912)

Wireless in the First World War (1914 to 1918). Feature: Reception before the valve

Radio dinosaurs (1918 to 1922)

Communications developments (1918 to 1938). Feature: Farnsworth and Zworykin

Waves in the air (1918 to 1939)

Comptometry and analysis (1871 to 1939). Feature: Typewriters and data entry

Radio at war (1939 to 1945)

Codes, ciphers and colossus (1939 to 1945)

Solid state and silicon chip (1945 to 1975). Feature: Values, reception and transmission

Creation of the computer (1945 to 1975)

Links in the Web (1901 to 1995)

Communications on the move (1927 to the present). Feature: Hams and hackers Microcomputer revolution (1975 to the present)

Micro-comms (Beyond 2000).