عنوان

The TVs of tomorrow :

شابک

022651997X

شابک

9780226519975

شابک اشتباه

9780226540740

عنوان اصلي

The TVs of tomorrow :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

how RCA's flat-screen dreams led to the first LCDs /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Benjamin Gross.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Chicago :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

The University of Chicago Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2018.

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2018

نام خاص و کميت اثر

307 pages:

ساير جزييات

illustrations;

ابعاد

24 cm

عنوان فروست

Synthesis

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index.

متن يادداشت

Introduction: A World of Screens -- The Quest for Magnalux, 1951-1956 -- A Fumbling Prelude, 1956-1966 -- Scattered Origins, 1961-1968 -- Disruptive Displays, 1968-1971 -- The Changing of the Guard, 1969-1976 -- Conclusion: An Invisible Monument

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

In 1968 a team of scientists and engineers from RCA announced the creation of a new form of electronic display that relied upon an obscure set of materials known as liquid crystals. At a time when televisions utilized bulky cathode ray tubes to produce an image, these researchers demonstrated how liquid crystals could electronically control the passage of light. One day, they predicted, liquid crystal displays would find a home in clocks, calculators--and maybe even a television that could hang on the wall. Half a century later, RCA's dreams have become a reality, and liquid crystals are the basis of a multibillion-dollar global industry. Yet the company responsible for producing the first LCDs was unable to capitalize upon its invention. In The TVs of Tomorrow, Benjamin Gross explains this contradiction by examining the history of flat-panel display research at RCA from the perspective of the chemists, physicists, electrical engineers, and technicians at the company's central laboratory in Princeton, New Jersey. Drawing upon laboratory notebooks, internal reports, and interviews with key participants, Gross reconstructs the development of the LCD and situates it alongside other efforts to create a thin, lightweight replacement for the television picture tube. He shows how RCA researchers mobilized their technical expertise to secure support for their projects. He also highlights the challenges associated with the commercialization of liquid crystals at RCA and Optel--the RCA spin-off that ultimately manufactured the first LCD wristwatch. The TVs of Tomorrow is a detailed portrait of American innovation during the Cold War, which confirms that success in the electronics industry hinges upon input from both the laboratory and the boardroom. -- Provided by publisher.

شماره استاندارد بين المللي کتاب و موسيقي

9780226540740

موضوع مستند نشده

Radio Corporation of America.

موضوع مستند نشده

Radio Corporation of America.

موضوع مستند نشده

Liquid crystal displays.

موضوع مستند نشده

Technology-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Television-- Receivers and reception.

موضوع مستند نشده

Liquid crystal displays.

موضوع مستند نشده

Technology.

موضوع مستند نشده

Television-- Receivers and reception.

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Gross, Benjamin

تاريخ عمليات

20200822102455.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y