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ITEM# BKB58
39.95

The Inventor of Stereo
The Life and Works of Alan Dower Blumlein
by Robert Charles Alexander

A fascinating look into developments in audio, electronics, and radar. During his short life, Blumlein acquired 128 patents including the 1931 patent for the Binaural Recording System. Hundreds of photographs and diagrams.

1999, 421pp., 6 1/4" x 9 1/4", softbound.
0-240-51628-1
1.50 lbs

CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. Earliest Days; CHAPTER 2. Telegraphy and Telephony; CHAPTER 3. The Audio Patents; CHAPTER 4. Television; CHAPTER 5. EMI and the Television Commission; CHAPTER 6. The High-Definition Television Period; CHAPTER 7. From Television to Radar; CHAPTER 8. The Story of Radar Development; CHAPTER 9. H2S--The Coming of Centimetric Radar; CHAPTER 10. The Loss of Halifax V9977; CHAPTER 11. Legacy; CHAPTER 12. To Goodrich Castle and Beyond

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