The Tube Guys By Norman H. Pond

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This beautiful 400 page hard cover book is the first on the history of microwave tubes and begins with inventions that led to this technology Edison Marconi Tesla deForest There is a chapter on the invention of each type of tube and their inventors Varian Boot and Randall Kompfner Epsztein Phillips The impact of microwave tubes on World War II was greater than that of the atomic bomb Key applications are covered radar electronic countermeasures communications microwave ovens and linear accelerators Formation of the key companies is detailed including Varian Litton Hughes Teledyne Raytheon Watkins Johnson and many From WW II to the Cold War and even now as Russia and the US spar microwave tubes are essential for our defense The Tube GuysStarts strong with the history of key technologies and companies but goes on for far too long with unnecessary repetition and unclear narration: The Tube guystalux Some interesting gems about the microwave industry companies and founders The Tube Guys