CONTENTS
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Editorial Notes
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Foreword
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Preface
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Chapter 1
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p. 13
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| 1919-1929 |
The Pioneers
- From Wireless to Broadcast Radio (p. 23)
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| Chapter 2 |
p. 32
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| 1929-1935 |
The Base is Broadened
- Toward A Unified Research Effort (p. 38)
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| Chapter 3 |
p. 47
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| 1931-1939 |
Television: Onward and Upward with the Art
- From Laboratory to Public Service (p. 57)
- Pickup, Transmission, Display (p. 61)
- Antennas and Relays (p. 69)
- Frequency Modulation (p. 75)
- Television: Creating a Service (p. 77)
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| Chapter 4 |
p. 83
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| 1932-1940 |
Other Eggs in Other Baskets
- Radar and Related Matters (p. 93)
- Airborne Electronics (p. 96)
- Progress in Acoustics (p. 101)
- Facsimile Research and Development (p. 106)
- Something New in Microscopes (p. 111)
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| Chapter 5 |
p. 115
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| 1939-1942 |
A Home in the Country
- The New Research Organization (p. 121)
- Building the Laboratories (p. 122)
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| Chapter 6 |
p. 129
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| 1941-1945 |
Research for Victory
- Radar and Associated Matters (p. 136)
- Brightening the Radar Picture (p. 142)
- Shoran (p. 145)
- Television at War (p. 151)
- Seeing in the Dark (p. 159)
- Acoustical Weapons (p. 162)
- Pioneering in Computers (p. 166)
- The Advance in Tubes (p. 170)
- The Personal Touch (p. 172)
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| Chapter 7 |
p. 177
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| 1945-1955 |
Reshaping for Peace
- New Talents for Research (p. 180)
- Room and More Room (p. 184)
- Organizing the Postwar Program, 1945-1955 (p. 188)
- Restoring the Relationships (p. 191)
- Working with the Government (p. 195)
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| Chapter 8 |
p. 198
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| 1951 |
A Birthday Milestone
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| Chapter 9 |
p. 208
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| 1941-1956 |
Television - Monochrome to Color
- Building an Industry (p. 210)
- UHF and Frequency Control (p. 213)
- Harnessing the Rainbow (p. 217)
- The System Becomes Practical (p. 225)
- The Question of Standards (p. 229)
- The Tri-Color Picture Tube (p. 232)
- The Hard Road to Commercial Service (p. 240)
- Workhorse Television (p. 243)
- Enter the Vidicon (p. 247)
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| Chapter 10 |
p. 253
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| 1946-1959 |
New Methods, New Devices, New Services
- Typhoon (p. 255)
- Something New in Electron Tubes (p. 257)
- New and Better Sounds (p. 264)
- Health and Safety (p. 270)
- The Changing Environment (p. 276)
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| Chapter 11 |
p. 278
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| 1946-1956 |
The Great Transition: Vacuum to Solid
- The Program is Transistorized (p. 285)
- Transistors: The Second Stage (p. 290)
- The Birthday Presents (p. 294)
- Television Tape (p. 295)
- Electronic Air Conditioning (p. 298)
- The Light Amplifier (p. 300)
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| Chapter 12 |
p. 303
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| 1953-1963 |
A Science Transformed
- New Materials, New Effects (p. 307)
- From Transistors to Integrated Circuits (p. 312)
- New Sources of Energy (p. 318)
- Advancing the Computer Art (p. 323)
- Electronic Light (p. 329)
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| Chapter 13 |
p. 337
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| 1956-1964 |
Research in a New Era
- New Instruments, More Room (p. 347)
- The Creative People (p. 349)
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