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Hudak, Heather C., 1975-

Waves and information transfer / Waves & information transfer Heather Hudak. - 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm. - Catch a wave .

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Waves in motion -- Patterns of information -- Information waves -- Waves in time -- Looking for new solutions -- Innovations in wave technology -- Living in a digital world -- Digitizing the data around us -- Waves and your devices -- Wireless waves -- Sending messages with waves -- Create your own electrical device -- Create your own code -- What happened and why?

Explores how light and sound waves transfer information. From telescopes that extend our sense of sight to satellites that help us communicate across large distances, patterns of waves transfer information in many ways.

6.9 3-6

ISBN: 9780778729624 9780778729709 9781537905884 0778729621 0778729702 1537905880 9780605963702

LCCN: 2016059052

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Electromagnetic waves--Juvenile literature.
Wave mechanics--Juvenile literature.
Information technology--Juvenile literature.
Electromagnetic waves.
Wave mechanics.
Information technology.

LC Class. No.: QC661 / .H785 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 530.12/4