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Lee de Forest: King of Radio, Television, and Film
Lee de Forest King of Radio Television and Film
Author: Mike Adams
The life-long inventor, Lee de Forest invented the three-element vacuum tube used between 1906 and 1916 as a detector, amplifier, and oscillator of radio waves. Beginning in 1918 he began to develop a light valve, a device for writing and reading sound using light patterns. While he received many patents for his process, he was initially ignored...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781461404170
ISBN-10: 1461404177
Publication Date: 10/31/2011
Pages: 394
Edition: 1st Edition.
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Publisher: Springer
Book Type: Paperback
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