1 Introduction -- 2 Missed opportunities: The beginnings of electronics -- 3 From Wireless to Radio -- 4 Seeing by electricity – Development of Television -- 5 Seeing a hundred miles - Radar -- 6 The Box – Television takes over -- 7 Spinning discs - Recorded music -- 8 The crystal triode – The transistor -- 9 Pop Music - Youth culture in 1950s and 60s -- 10 From People to Machines – The Rise of Computers -- 11 Chips into everything – Integrated Circuits -- 12 From signboards to screens - Displays -- 13 Distributing time – Clocks and watches -- 14 From Desktop to Pocket - Calculators -- 15 Shrinking computers - microprocessors -- 16 Instant cooking - Microwave ovens -- 17 Essentials or toys - Home computers -- 18 Computers take over the Workplace -- 19 From Clerks to Xerography - Copiers -- 20 Shrinking the World – Communication satellites -- 21 Personal communicators - Mobile phones -- 22 Going online- The Internet -- 23 Glass to the rescue – Fibre optics -- 24 Towards virtual money – Cards, Atms and PoS -- 25 Saving TV programs - Video Recording -- 26 Electronics invades photography - Digital Cameras -- 27 Seeing inside the body – electronics aids medicine -- 28 Knowing where you are - GPS -- 29 The Electronics Revolution -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.