Writing about science, technology or engineering does not necessarily mean we can or should comment on contemporary politics but understanding political context is important if we want to understand how and why some technologies and the business plans behind them fail and some succeed. Although most of us live and work in capitalist economies, R …
The Practitioners Guide to IoT, an in-depth look at the life-changing uses of the Internet of Things
Cameron Coursey, who just released his second book with Artech House, The Practitioners Guide to Cellular IoT, describes what compelled him to write his book, and gives us a look at how he got into his field of IoT. What prompted me to write my book: There is a scene in the movie Apollo 13 …
Author Cameron Coursey gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the writing process of his book, The Practitioner’s Guide to IoT: My advisor in graduate school told me I had a knack for writing after he read the thesis for my Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. Come to think about it, he commented more on …
Artech House is the pre-eminent publisher of technical books, and we are so happy our communities agree! Read on for an endorsement of David Cruickshank’s latest book, Finally, at the threshold of 5G cellular communications and their promise of the Internet of Things, machine-to-machine communication, self-driving cars, and faster-than-ever data, audio, and video communication, there …
When Artech House authors write their books, we ask them what they want their readers to get out of the project. In this series, we show you what our authors, in their own words, wish to impart upon readers. Marko Suojanen, author of Military Communications in the Future Battlefield, describes what his book is about: …
Authors Dante Del Corso, Roberto Quaglia, Vittorio Camarchia and Paolo Bardella describe the benefits of their book, Telecommunication Electronics, and the problems their book helps solve: The book describes various units and circuits of a telecommunication systems, from functional levels to the circuit details and examples. Emphasis is on functions which characterize such systems, such …
Artech House author, Francisco Saez De Adana, an author of Applications of Geographic Information Systems for Wireless Network Planning, explains how the computer tool referenced in his book enriches both the text and experience beyond reading: The idea of developing a computer tool like the one described in our book came up some years ago. We …
In this month’s technology topic/posting we look at how satellites in polar and near polar low earth orbits add value and review present cost and performance trends. The story starts 60 years ago with the launch of the first Transit satellite navigation system satellite into a 600 nautical mile polar orbit. Working at 150 MHz …
Our task as technical and scientific writers is to talk about technically complex subjects in a way that informs and engages our readers. It is our job to inform not to entertain. On the other hand science and engineering does not need to be dull but can it be romantic? In our latest book, 5G …
At Artech House, we ask our authors what problems their books can help readers solve. In this series, we share what our authors aim to do in their writing. Read on to find out what Fabio Cavaliere, who, along with Antonio D’Errico, wrote Photonic Applications for Radio Systems Networks had to say: What are the features …