Sparks of genius portraits of electrical engineering excellence
Biographical text chronicles the ground-breaking technological contributions made by eight of this century's most direction-setting engineers. DLC: Electric engineers-Biography.
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New York
Institute of electrical and electronics engineers
1994.
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Bridger of Cultures: Ernst Weber as Researcher, Educator, and Statesman
- Ch. 2. Working to Establish a New Discipline: Herman P. Schwan and the Roots of Biomedical Engineering
- Ch. 3. From Radar Bombing Systems to the Maser: Charles Townes as Electrical Engineer
- Ch. 4. Finding the Right Material: Gordon Teal as Inventor and Manager / Andrew Goldstein
- Ch. 5. From Automatic Volume Control to the Stationmaster Antenna: Harold Alden Wheeler and Applied Electronics
- Ch. 6. Calculating Power: Edwin L. Harder and Analog Computing in the Electric Power Industry / William Aspray
- Ch. 7. New Applications of the Computer: Thelma Estrin and Biomedical Engineering
- Ch. 8. "The Magic of Your Dial": Amos Joel and the Advent of Electronic Telephone Switching / David L. Morton, Jr.