THE REAL BOOK OF ELECTRONICS

by Stoddard, Edward. Illustrated by Frank Schwarz. Edited by Helen Hoke

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Book desription: Garden City Books, Garden City, N.Y., (1956), book club edition.. 215 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers, monotone drawings, diagrams. "Here is the exciting story of our modern electronic age...the adventure of a brand-new science that in just fifty years has revolutionized our wo. rld and promises to change it even more in the years ahead. In clear, simple words the author shows what electricity is, and how vacuum tubes, microphones, loud-speakers, antennas, and other basic devices work. Then he goes on to explain the hu. n d r eds of electronic wonders that make our lives easier and more pleasant. From color television to tape recorders, radio telescopes to electronic computers, this book shows how each device works and how it is used. Many pictures help to make e. ve ry d etail easy to understand. Here are just a few of the electronic wonders this book explains: Television - Transistors - Radar - Short wave - X-rays - Electron microscopes - Computers - Sonar - Radio - Diathermy - Ultrasonics - Recorders - R. adi o T ele scopes - Color TV - Automation - Atomic batteries - Hi-fi - Solar batteries - Microwaves - ...and many more." Tiny corner creases on boards, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, light edge wear. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrink. ling , on e ti ny tear and chip, light rubbing/soiling on rear panel, several very thin light scratches on front panel. VG/VG-.

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