Empire of the air the men who made radio
Empire of the Air tells the story of three American visionaries—Lee de Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff—whose imagination and dreams turned a hobbyist's toy into radio, launching the modern communications age. Tom Lewis weaves the story of these men and their achievements into...
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
PROLOGUE:
CHAPTER
1:
CHAPTER
2:
CHAPTER
3:
CHAPTER
4:
CHAPTER
5:
CHAPTER
6:
CHAPTER
7:
CHAPTER
8:
CHAPTER
9:
CHAPTER
10:
CHAPTER
11:
CHAPTER
12:
CHAPTER
13:
EPILOGUE:
PREFACE
TO THE
THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY PAPERBACK EDITION
A NEW EMPIRE FOR
A
NEW
CENTURY
1
THE FAITH
IN
THE
FUTURE 7
THE WILL
TO
SUCCEED 35
WHAT WIRELESS IS YET
TO
BE 56
SARNOFF
AND
MARCONI: INVENTING
A
LEGEND 89
WIRELESS GOES
TO
WAR 119
RELEASING
THE
ART: THE CREATION
OF
RCA 141
SNAPSHOTS FROM
THE
FIRST AGE
OF
BROADCASTING 160
COURT FIGHT 186
THE GODLIKE PRESENCE 220
ARMSTRONG
AND THE
FM REVOLUTION 247
THE
WIZARD
WAR 279
UNTIL I M DEAD
OR
BROKE 300
VICTORIES GREAT
AND
SMALL 329
THE EMPIRE IN
DECLINE 359
SOURCES
AND
NOTES 363
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
392
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 400
INDEX 403
VII
-9
,
IBIIOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
_Y
..
HLUENCHE A
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CONTENTS
PROLOGUE:
CHAPTER
1:
CHAPTER
2:
CHAPTER
3:
CHAPTER
4:
CHAPTER
5:
CHAPTER
6:
CHAPTER
7:
CHAPTER
8:
CHAPTER
9:
CHAPTER
10:
CHAPTER
11:
CHAPTER
12:
CHAPTER
13:
EPILOGUE:
PREFACE
TO THE
THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY PAPERBACK EDITION
A NEW EMPIRE FOR
A
NEW
CENTURY
1
THE FAITH
IN
THE
FUTURE 7
THE WILL
TO
SUCCEED 35
"WHAT WIRELESS IS YET
TO
BE" 56
SARNOFF
AND
MARCONI: INVENTING
A
LEGEND 89
WIRELESS GOES
TO
WAR 119
RELEASING
THE
ART: THE CREATION
OF
RCA 141
SNAPSHOTS FROM
THE
FIRST AGE
OF
BROADCASTING 160
COURT FIGHT 186
THE GODLIKE PRESENCE 220
ARMSTRONG
AND THE
FM REVOLUTION 247
THE
WIZARD
WAR 279
"UNTIL I'M DEAD
OR
BROKE" 300
VICTORIES GREAT
AND
SMALL 329
THE EMPIRE IN
DECLINE 359
SOURCES
AND
NOTES 363
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
392
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 400
INDEX 403
VII
-9
",
IBIIOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
_Y
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