Thermionic Vacuum Tubes [Hardcover] W. H. and Sir Edward Appleton. Aldous

Description

1952 revised 6th edition. Printed in Great Britain. Hardcover is in good condition. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and binding is secure.

This 1952 revised sixth edition of “Thermionic Vacuum Tubes” by W. H. Aldous and Sir Edward Appleton is a significant work in the history of electronics and physics. Published in the midst of the vacuum tube era, before the transistor revolution, this book would have been an essential reference for engineers and scientists working with these crucial components. Vacuum tubes were the building blocks of early electronic devices, from radios and televisions to computers and radar systems. Sir Edward Appleton, a Nobel Laureate in Physics, co-authored this authoritative text, lending his expertise in the study of the ionosphere and the propagation of radio waves. This copy, printed in Great Britain, represents a piece of mid-20th century scientific publishing and the dissemination of knowledge that paved the way for modern electronics. For collectors and readers interested in the history of technology, this book offers a window into a pivotal era and the foundational principles that underpinned the electronics revolution.