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Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Twenty-five years at RCA Laboratories, 1942-1967
Author: 1942-1967, Twenty-five Years at RCA Laboratories
Author: RCA LaboratoriesPublisher:
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Category : Radio
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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1942-1967
Author: 1942-1967
Author: The Celluloid Specimen
Author: Benjamin Schultz-FigueroaPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520974603
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In The Celluloid Specimen, Benjamín Schultz‑Figueroa examines rarely seen behaviorist films of animal experiments from the 1930s and 1940s. These laboratory recordings—including Robert Yerkes's work with North American primate colonies, Yale University's rat‑based simulations of human society, and B. F. Skinner's promotions for pigeon‑guided missiles—have long been considered passive records of scientific research. In Schultz‑Figueroa's incisive analysis, however, they are revealed to be rich historical, political, and aesthetic texts that played a crucial role in American scientific and cultural history—and remain foundational to contemporary conceptions of species, race, identity, and society.
The Industrial Reorganization Act
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the JudiciaryPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1120
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The Industrial Reorganization Act: The communications industry
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust and MonopolyPublisher:
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Category : Antitrust law
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
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Biographical Memoirs
Author: National Academy of SciencesPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309025494
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Biographic Memoirs: Volume 50 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works. Each biographical essay was written by a member of the Academy familiar with the professional career of the deceased. For historical and bibliographical purposes, these volumes are worth returning to time and again.
The TVs of Tomorrow
Author: Benjamin GrossPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022654074X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
In 1968 a team of scientists and engineers from RCA announced the creation of a new form of electronic display that relied upon an obscure set of materials known as liquid crystals. At a time when televisions utilized bulky cathode ray tubes to produce an image, these researchers demonstrated how liquid crystals could electronically control the passage of light. One day, they predicted, liquid crystal displays would find a home in clocks, calculators—and maybe even a television that could hang on the wall. Half a century later, RCA’s dreams have become a reality, and liquid crystals are the basis of a multibillion-dollar global industry. Yet the company responsible for producing the first LCDs was unable to capitalize upon its invention. In The TVs of Tomorrow, Benjamin Gross explains this contradiction by examining the history of flat-panel display research at RCA from the perspective of the chemists, physicists, electrical engineers, and technicians at the company’s central laboratory in Princeton, New Jersey. Drawing upon laboratory notebooks, internal reports, and interviews with key participants, Gross reconstructs the development of the LCD and situates it alongside other efforts to create a thin, lightweight replacement for the television picture tube. He shows how RCA researchers mobilized their technical expertise to secure support for their projects. He also highlights the challenges associated with the commercialization of liquid crystals at RCA and Optel—the RCA spin-off that ultimately manufactured the first LCD wristwatch. The TVs of Tomorrow is a detailed portrait of American innovation during the Cold War, which confirms that success in the electronics industry hinges upon input from both the laboratory and the boardroom.
Federal Policy, Plans, and Organization for Science and Technology
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and AstronauticsPublisher:
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Category : Science and state
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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