Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Empire of the Air tells the story of three American visionaries-Lee de Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff-whose imagination and dreams turned a hobbyist's toy into radio, launching the modern communications age. Tom Lewis weaves the story of these men and their achievements into...
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Ithaca, NY
Cornell University Press
[2021]
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| Edition: | Thirtieth Anniversary Edition with a new Preface |
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| Summary: | Empire of the Air tells the story of three American visionaries-Lee de Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff-whose imagination and dreams turned a hobbyist's toy into radio, launching the modern communications age. Tom Lewis weaves the story of these men and their achievements into a richly detailed and moving narrative that spans the first half of the twentieth century, a time when the American romance with science and technology was at its peak. Empire of the Air is a tale of pioneers on the frontier of a new technology, of American entrepreneurial spirit, and of the tragic collision between inventor and corporation |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (448 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781501759338 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9781501759338 |
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