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Traces the development of electronics from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Spanning a period of two and a half centuries, the book represents a mini-encyclopaedia full of valuable information on practically all inventions in electronics from 1745 to 1996.
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The beginning of electronics. The development of components, tubes, transistors and integrated circuits. The expansion of electronics. A concise history of audio and sound reproduction. A concise history of radio, communications and avionics. Aconcise history of radar and sonar. A concise history of television. A concise history of computers, robotics, mechatronics and information technology. A concise history of industrial, automobile, medical, educational, office, banking, consumer andsecurity electronics. List of inventions by subject. A concise description of each invention in date order. Electronics acronyms and abbreviations. List of books on inventions. List of books on inventors. Index. Histories on a page.
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