UID:
almafu_9959328077602883
Format:
1 online resource (xix, 655 pages) :
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illustrations, map
ISBN:
0471783021
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9780471783022
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0471783013
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9780471783015
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0780334779
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9780780334779
Content:
Important new insights into how various components and systems evolvedPremised on the idea that one cannot know a science without knowing its history, History of Wireless offers a lively new treatment that introduces previously unacknowledged pioneers and developments, setting a new standard for understanding the evolution of this important technology.
Note:
A chronology of developments of wireless communication and supporting electronics -- Evolution of electromagnetics in the nineteenth century -- The genesis of Maxwell's equations -- Maxwell, Hertz, the Maxwellians and the early history of electromagnetic waves -- Oliver Heaviside -- Wireless before Marconi -- Nikola Tesla and his contributions to radio development -- An appreciation of J.C. Bose's pioneering work in millimeter and microwaves -- Sir John Ambrose Fleming : his involvement in the development of wireless -- Historical German contributions to physics and applications of electromagnetic oscillations and waves -- The development of wireless telegraphy and telephony, and pioneering attempts to achieve transatlantic wireless communications -- Wireless telegraphy in South Africa at the turn of the twentieth century -- The antenna development in Japan : past and present -- Historical background and development of Soviet quasi optics at near-MM and sub-MM wavelengths -- The evolution of electromagnetic waveguides : from hollow metallic waveguides to microwave integrated circuits -- A history of phased array antennas.
Additional Edition:
Print version: History of wireless. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, ©2006 ISBN 0471718149
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780471718147
Language:
English
Subjects:
Engineering
Keywords:
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URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0471783021
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0471783021
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0471783021
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