Conquering the electron : the geniuses, visionaries, egomaniacs, and scoundrels who built our electronic age /
Cheung, Derek T.,
Conquering the electron : the geniuses, visionaries, egomaniacs, and scoundrels who built our electronic age / Derek Cheung and Eric Brach. - x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - History. popular science .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-334) and index.
Part I: Age of electromagnetism. The knowledge foundation ; The beginning ; Scientific method ; Magic of static electricity ; The battery ; Linking electricity and magnetism ; Faraday, the grand master ; Maxwell, the peerless genius ; The telegraph ; Messages transmitted via electric current ; Annihilating the time-space barrier ; Wire across the Atlantic ; Intellectual property disputes ; Morse code ; Impact ; The telephone ; Voices carried over wire ; Building the telephone business ; Patent battle of the century ; Sound of music ; Wireless telegraphy ; Hertz and the electromagnetic waves ; Marconi and the wireless ; Crossing the ocean blue ; Lighting and electrification ; Electrical lighting systems ; Generators and motors ; The AC-DC war ; Impact of electrification ; Edison, Tesla, and Siemens ; One hundred years of electromagnetism -- Part II: Age of vacuum electronics. Current flow in a vacuum ; Cathode rays ; The electron exposed ; The puzzle of penetrative light ; The legacy of vacuum electronics ; Controlling the flow of electrons ; The Edison effect ; The vacuum diode ; The magical third electrode ; Voices across the continent ; Radio ; Christmas eve, 1904 ; Core radio technology ; RCA and Sarnoff ; Armstrong's tragedy ; Television ; Transmitting vid
Conquering the Electron offers readers a true and engaging history of the world of electronics. Beginning with the discoveries of static electricity and magnetism and ending with the creation of the smartphone and the iPad, this book shows the interconnection of each advance to the next one on the long journey to our modern day technologies.
Translated from the Chinese.
9781442231535 144223153X 1442231548 9781442231542
2014015461
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872.
Edison, Thomas 1847-1931.
Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943.
Siemens, Werner von, 1816-1892.
Thomson, J.Jac 1882-1961.
Gilbert, William, 1540-1603.
Kroemer, Herbert, 1928-
Electronics--History.
Electronic industries--History.
Computer industry--History.
Computer industry.
Electronic industries.
Electronics.
History.
History.
TK7809 / .C44 2014
338.4/762138
Conquering the electron : the geniuses, visionaries, egomaniacs, and scoundrels who built our electronic age / Derek Cheung and Eric Brach. - x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - History. popular science .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-334) and index.
Part I: Age of electromagnetism. The knowledge foundation ; The beginning ; Scientific method ; Magic of static electricity ; The battery ; Linking electricity and magnetism ; Faraday, the grand master ; Maxwell, the peerless genius ; The telegraph ; Messages transmitted via electric current ; Annihilating the time-space barrier ; Wire across the Atlantic ; Intellectual property disputes ; Morse code ; Impact ; The telephone ; Voices carried over wire ; Building the telephone business ; Patent battle of the century ; Sound of music ; Wireless telegraphy ; Hertz and the electromagnetic waves ; Marconi and the wireless ; Crossing the ocean blue ; Lighting and electrification ; Electrical lighting systems ; Generators and motors ; The AC-DC war ; Impact of electrification ; Edison, Tesla, and Siemens ; One hundred years of electromagnetism -- Part II: Age of vacuum electronics. Current flow in a vacuum ; Cathode rays ; The electron exposed ; The puzzle of penetrative light ; The legacy of vacuum electronics ; Controlling the flow of electrons ; The Edison effect ; The vacuum diode ; The magical third electrode ; Voices across the continent ; Radio ; Christmas eve, 1904 ; Core radio technology ; RCA and Sarnoff ; Armstrong's tragedy ; Television ; Transmitting vid
Conquering the Electron offers readers a true and engaging history of the world of electronics. Beginning with the discoveries of static electricity and magnetism and ending with the creation of the smartphone and the iPad, this book shows the interconnection of each advance to the next one on the long journey to our modern day technologies.
Translated from the Chinese.
9781442231535 144223153X 1442231548 9781442231542
2014015461
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872.
Edison, Thomas 1847-1931.
Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943.
Siemens, Werner von, 1816-1892.
Thomson, J.Jac 1882-1961.
Gilbert, William, 1540-1603.
Kroemer, Herbert, 1928-
Electronics--History.
Electronic industries--History.
Computer industry--History.
Computer industry.
Electronic industries.
Electronics.
History.
History.
TK7809 / .C44 2014
338.4/762138