Item #M598 Sparks of Genius -- Portraits of Electrical Engineering Excellence. Frederik Nebeker.

Sparks of Genius -- Portraits of Electrical Engineering Excellence.

IEEE Press, NY, Center for the History of Electrical Engineering; 1994, first edition; 268 pages, photographs, References.

Condition: Near Fine, black illustrated glossy-coated hardcover. BInding is tight, pages clean and unmarked, appears unread.

Keywords: sparks of genius portraits of electrical engineering, biography of electrical engineers, history of electrical engineering, women in computing history, edwin harder, thelma estrin, analog computing, analogue computing, biomedical engineering history

Price: $20.00

Item Description

Contents includes --
Bridger of Cultures -- Ernst Weber as Researcher, Educator, and Statesman; Working to Establish a New Discipline -- Herman P Schwan and the Roots of biomedical engineering From Radar Bombing Systems to the Maser -- Charles Townes as Electrical Engineer Finding the Right Material -- Gordon Teal as Inventor and Manager (by Andrew Goldstein) From Automatic Volume Control to the Stationmaster Antenna -- Harold Alden Wheeler and Applied Electronics

Calculating Power -- Edwin L Harder and Analog Computing in the Electric Power Industry (by William Aspray) New Applications of the Computer -- Thelma Estrin and Biomedical engineering The Magic of Your Dial -- Amos Joel and the Advent of Electronic Telephone Switching (by David L Morton, jr).