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Publisher Unknown, 396 pages
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A history of electricity and electronics. How the puny electron at first bothered mankind, then gradually became useful, and now dominates our lives. And the story of the people who encountered this mysterious particle.
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Man's encounter with the electron or a short history on electricity and electronics.
The author, himself a gifted electronic inventor, describes the various discoveries and inventions that have occurred in electricity and electronics throughout the centuries. Not only the invention itself is nicely
A small book but a big read.
The author, himself a gifted electronic inventor, describes the various discoveries and inventions that have occurred in electricity and electronics throughout the centuries. Not only the invention itself is nicely
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discussed but also the environment in which it occurred: jealousy, lies, patent battles, lifes ending in embitterment, in poverty or with suicide. A small book but a big read.
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LibraryThing member bluyssae
Man's encounter with the electron or a short history on electricity and electronics.
The author, himself a gifted electronic inventor, describes the various discoveries and inventions that have occurred in electricity and electronics throughout the centuries. Not only the invention itself is nicely
A small book but a big read.
The author, himself a gifted electronic inventor, describes the various discoveries and inventions that have occurred in electricity and electronics throughout the centuries. Not only the invention itself is nicely
Show More
discussed but also the environment in which it occurred: jealousy, lies, patent battles, lifes ending in embitterment, in poverty or with suicide. A small book but a big read.
Show Less
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