Crystal Clear: The Struggle for Reliable Communications Technology in World War II
Quartz crystal— a technology that changed the tide of World War II
Some of the defining leaps in technology in the twentieth century occurred during the Second World War, from radar to nuclear energy. Often left out of historical discussions are quartz crystals, which proved to be just as pivotal to the Allied victory— and to post-war development— as other technologies. Quartz crystals provided the U.S. military, for the first time, with reliable communication on the front lines, and then went on to become the core of some of the most basic devices of the post-war era, from watches, clocks, and color televisions, to cell phones and computers.
In Crystal Clear, Richard Thompson relates the story of the quartz crystal in World War II, from its early days as a curiosity for amateur radio enthusiasts, to its use by the United States Armed Forces. It follows the intrepid group of scientists and engineers from the Office of the Chief Signal Officer of the U.S. Army as they raced to create an effective quartz crystal unit. They had to find a reliable supply of radio-quality quartz; devise methods to reach, mine, and transport the quartz; find a way to manufacture quartz crystal oscillators rapidly; and then solve the puzzling "aging problem" that plagued the early units. Ultimately, the development of quartz oscillators became the second largest scientific undertaking in World War II after the Manhattan Project.
Bringing to light a little-known aspect of World War II, Crystal Clear offers a glimpse inside one of the most significant efforts in the annals of engineering.
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The CET Study Guide by Joseph A. Risse, ISBN 0070529337
Professional electronic technicians preparing to take a Certified Electronics Technician (CET) exam will find this book an extremely helpful resource. Designed to serve as an overall review guide, it covers a wide range of information readers must know in order to pass the Associate-level section of the Certified Electronics Technician Exam and both the Consumer and the Computer Journeyman-level tests. Subjects covered include three-terminal amplifying circuits in consumer products, VCRs and compact disc players, televisions, digital and computer systems, and text equipment and troubleshooting. Review questions with all answers are included at the end of each chapter. Three complete 75-question exams and answers are provided at the end of the book.
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The Purpose and Power of Love and Marriage
Probably no other dimension of human experience has been pondered, discussed, debated, analyzed, and dreamed about more than the nature of true love. Love is everywhere -- in songs and in books, on televisions and on movie screens.
The Purpose and Power of Love and Marriage
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Electronics Buying Guide 2006
From computers to plasma televisions, cell phones, cameras, and DVD players, this up-to-date edition from "Consumer Reports" can guide consumers in selecting a digital product and ease anxieties about their purchase.
Electronics Buying Guide 2006
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A Million Truths: A Decade in China by Linda Jakobson, ISBN 0871319195
Income levels have risen sharply in China during the last two decades. Although just 2% of all Chinese have hot running water, virtually all households have televisions. This personal, intelligent book addresses these sweeping changes and how they are forming modern China.
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America's Test Kitchen Live!: All-New Recipes, Techniques, Equipment Ratings, Food Tastings and More from the Hit Public Televisions Show
In this companion to "Cook's Illustrated's" #1 cooking show on public television, "America's Test Kitchen," readers step inside the 2,500 square-foot Test Kitchen just outside of Boston with host Chris Kimball. 26 new episodes launch in January 2005 across the country.
America's Test Kitchen Live!: All-New Recipes, Techniques, Equipment Ratings, Food Tastings and More from the Hit Public Televisions Show
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Crystal Clear: The Struggle for Reliable Communications Technology in World War II
Quartz crystal— a technology that changed the tide of World War II
Some of the defining leaps in technology in the twentieth century occurred during the Second World War, from radar to nuclear energy. Often left out of historical discussions are quartz crystals, which proved to be just as pivotal to the Allied victory— and to post-war development— as other technologies. Quartz crystals provided the U.S. military, for the first time, with reliable communication on the front lines, and then went on to become the core of some of the most basic devices of the post-war era, from watches, clocks, and color televisions, to cell phones and computers.
In Crystal Clear, Richard Thompson relates the story of the quartz crystal in World War II, from its early days as a curiosity for amateur radio enthusiasts, to its use by the United States Armed Forces. It follows the intrepid group of scientists and engineers from the Office of the Chief Signal Officer of the U.S. Army as they...
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Animal Jumble Zoo: Word Play from the Wild by Cheryl Leonhardt, ISBN 1572431970
Everyone who has read a newspaper recognizes Jumble "RM", the clever and humorous scrambled word game. Featuring a series of scrambled words coupled with a cartoon and riddle, these puzzles are a national tradition.
- Carried daily in nearly 500 major newspapers around the world
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- Mentioned in hit televisions shows Friends, Seinfeld, and The Simpsons
Check out this new eclectic collection of Jumbles "RM", pulled straight from our puzzle files.
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SapphireAnd Steel: The Complete Series
In a world where time is fragile and reality is in question, "Sapphire And Steel" are agents sent to protect the integrity of existence. But the goals of these strange detectives are never clear, and their methods can be decidedly questionable. The spiritual precursor to "The X-Files," "Sapphire And Steel" is one of the most atmospheric and compelling television programs ever made. Defying convention at every turn, the series spread six adventures over 34 episodes, keeping viewers constantly in suspense...
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Television Criticism
Television Criticism presents an original treatment of television criticism with a foundational approach to the nature of criticism, an understanding of the business of television, production background in creating television style, in-depth chapters on storytelling and narrative theories and television genres, the interaction of rhetoric and cultural studies theories, representation, and postmodernism. It presents new and comprehensive guidelines for analysis and criticism, and it has a sample critique...
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Last Light
After an unexplained catastrophic event in the atmosphere knocks out all electronics in the world, materialistic, well-to-do Americans are suddenly left helpless. And as they get down to the essentials of life, they learn to lean on God as they never have before.
Last Light
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