This is perhaps going a bit far afield in the history of technology, but I have a student who is interested in the history of mobile phones with respect to science fiction. She is in particular interested in how the development of such telecommunications influenced, was represented in, and was influenced by science fiction films. Do any of you happen to know of historians who have focused on the development of mobile phones and/or on the relationship between sci fi and technology in general?
Many thanks for any suggestions - Alexi
Dr. Alexi Baker
Division of the History of Science & Technology
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Tel. 203-737-3084