00977cam0 22002651 450 SOBE0005824920180213165244.020180213d1943 |||||ita|0103 baengUS<<An >>introduction to modern philosophyin six philosophical problemsby Alburey CastellWashingtonpublished for the United States armed forces by The MacMillan company1943XII, 562 p.20 cmEducation manual615001LAEC000271242001 *Education manual615Castell, AlbureyA600200062769070158988ITUNISOB20180213RICAUNISOBUNISOB100169549SOBE00058249M 102 Monografia moderna SBNM100000418SI169549acquistoNmenleUNISOBUNISOB20180213165217.020180213165244.0menleIntroduction to modern philosophy477496UNISOB03354nam 2200625 450 991082864550332120200520144314.01-4422-3154-8(CKB)3710000000261310(EBL)1813697(SSID)ssj0001351350(PQKBManifestationID)12455867(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001351350(PQKBWorkID)11300575(PQKB)11302466(MiAaPQ)EBC1813697(Au-PeEL)EBL1813697(CaPaEBR)ebr11027681(CaONFJC)MIL652584(OCoLC)894125369(PPN)18554634X(EXLCZ)99371000000026131020150312h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConquering the electron the geniuses, visionaries, egomaniacs, and scoundrels who built our electronic age /Derek Cheung and Eric BrachLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2014.©20141 online resource (353 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4422-3153-X 1-322-21304-6 Includes bibliographical references.CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Part I. AGE OF ELECTROMAGNETISM; Chapter 1. THE KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION; Chapter 2. THE TELEGRAPH; Chapter 3. THE TELEPHONE; Chapter 4. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY; Part II. AGE OF VACUUM ELECTRONICS; Chapter 6. CURRENT FLOW IN A VACUUM; Chapter 7. CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF ELECTRONS; Chapter 8. RADIO; Chapter 9. TELEVISION; Chapter 10. RADAR; Chapter 11. COMPUTER; Part III. AGE OF SOLID-STATE ELECTRONICS; Chapter 12. THE SEMICONDUCTOR; Chapter 13. THE BIRTH OF THE TRANSISTOR; Chapter 14. LAUNCHING THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; Chapter 15. THE DAWN OF SILICON VALLEYChapter 16. THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND THE CHIPChapter 17. CHIP TECHNOLOGY BLOSSOMS; Chapter 18. EVOLUTION OF THE ELECTRONICSINDUSTRY; Chapter 19. LEDS, FIBER OPTICS, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; Chapter 20. THE INFORMATION AGE AND BEYOND; APPENDIX I: FURTHER READING; APPENDIX II: SUMMARYOF KEY "CONQUERORSOF THE ELECTRON"Conquering the Electron offers readers a true and engaging history of the world of electronics, beginning with the discoveries of friction and magnetism and ending with the creation of the smartphone and the iPad. This book shows the interconnection of each advance to the next on the long journey to our modern day technologies. Want to understand how radio and television work-and why RCA drove their inventors to financial ruin and early graves? Conquering the Electron offers this story and more, presenting each revolutionary technological advance right alongside blow-by-blow personal battles tElectronicsHistoryElectronic industriesHistoryComputer industryHistoryElectronicsHistory.Electronic industriesHistory.Computer industryHistory.338.4/762138Cheung Derek T.1624099Brach EricMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828645503321Conquering the electron3958882UNINA