Empire of the Air : The Men Who Made Radio /

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"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lewis, Tom, 1942- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Edición:[30th Anniversary Paperback Edition].
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sarnoff, David, > 1891-1971.
De Forest, Lee, > 1873-1961.
Armstrong, Edwin H. > (Edwin Howard), > 1890-1954.
Radio.
Radio > United States > Biography.
Radio > United States > History.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (448 pages).
ISBN:9781501759338

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