Sarkar / Mailloux / Oliner History of Wireless

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-471-78301-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 680 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering

Important new insights into how various components and systemsevolved
Premised on the idea that one cannot know a science withoutknowing its history, History of Wireless offers a lively newtreatment that introduces previously unacknowledged pioneers anddevelopments, setting a new standard for understanding theevolution of this important technology.
Starting with the background-magnetism, electricity, light, andMaxwell's Electromagnetic Theory-this book offers new insights intothe initial theory and experimental exploration of wireless. Inaddition to the well-known contributions of Maxwell, Hertz, andMarconi, it examines work done by Heaviside, Tesla, and passionateamateurs such as the Kentucky melon farmer Nathan Stubblefield andthe unsung hero Antonio Meucci. Looking at the story frommathematical, physics, technical, and other perspectives, theclearly written text describes the development of wireless within avivid scientific milieu.
History of Wireless also goes into other key areas,including:
* The work of J. C. Bose and J. A. Fleming
* German, Japanese, and Soviet contributions to physics andapplications of electromagnetic oscillations and waves
* Wireless telegraphic and telephonic development and attempts toachieve transatlantic wireless communications
* Wireless telegraphy in South Africa in the early twentiethcentury
* Antenna development in Japan: past and present
* Soviet quasi-optics at near-mm and sub-mm wavelengths
* The evolution of electromagnetic waveguides
* The history of phased array antennas
Augmenting the typical, Marconi-centered approach, History ofWireless fills in the conventionally accepted story withattention to more specific, less-known discoveries and individuals,and challenges traditional assumptions about the origins and growthof wireless. This allows for a more comprehensive understanding ofhow various components and systems evolved. Written in a clear tonewith a broad scientific audience in mind, this exciting andthorough treatment is sure to become a classic in the field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sarkar, T. K.

Mailloux, Robert

Oliner, Arthur A.

Salazar-Palma, Magdalena

Sengupta, Dipak L.

Über Autor(innen)

TAPAN K. SARKAR is a professor in the Department ofElectrical and Computer Engineering at Syracuse University.
ROBERT J. MAILLOUX is a retired senior scientist at theSensors Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB,Massachusetts, and is currently Research Professor, University ofMassachusetts, Amherst.
ARTHUR A. OLINER is a University Professor Emeritus ofPolytechnic University (formerly the Polytechnic Institute ofBrooklyn). He is an elected member of the National Academy ofEngineering, the recipient of two honorary doctorates and manyprestigious awards, including two gold medals, and the coauthor ofabout 300 papers and three books.
MAGDALENA SALAZAR-PALMA is a professor in theDepartamento de Teoria de la Seal y Communicaciones, at UniverdidadCarlos III de Madrid (Spain). She has authored more than 260publications in books, scientific journals, and symposiumproceedings.
DIPAK L. SENGUPTA is Emeritus Professor of Electrical andComputer Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy, and aresearch scientist at the Radiation Laboratory, Department ofElectrical Engineering and Computer Science, the University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE.