Empire of the Air : : The Men Who Made Radio / / Tom Lewis.
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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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (448 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Thirtieth Anniversary Paperback Edition -- Prologue: A New Empire for a New Century -- 1. The Faith in the Future -- 2. The Will to Succeed -- 3. “What Wireless Is Yet to Be” -- 4. Sarnoff and Marconi: Inventing a Legend -- 5. Wireless Goes to War -- 6. Releasing the Art: The Creation of RCA -- 7. Snapshots from the First Age of Broadcasting -- 8. Court Fight -- 9. The Godlike Presence -- 10. Armstrong and the FM Revolution -- 11. The Wizard War -- 12. “Until I’m Dead or Broke” -- 13. Victories Great and Small -- Epilogue: The Empire in Decline -- Sources and Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781501759338 9783110739084 9783110754001 9783110753776 9783110754070 9783110753837 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781501759338?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Tom Lewis. |