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Empire of the air : the men who made radio /
"Biography of 3 Americans, Lee de Forest, Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff, who turned a hobbyists' toy into radio, and launch the modern communications age. The narrative of their creations is punctuated by acts of idealism and imagination, greed and envy, ambition and determination--a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca [New York] :
Cornell University Press,
2021.
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| Edición: | Thirtieth Anniversary Paperback Edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Biography of 3 Americans, Lee de Forest, Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff, who turned a hobbyists' toy into radio, and launch the modern communications age. The narrative of their creations is punctuated by acts of idealism and imagination, greed and envy, ambition and determination--and genius. It covers 1899 to 1954"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 421 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501759345 1501759345 9781501759338 1501759337 |