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[Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2000]
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Focal Press, Date: 2000. paperback. Alexander, Robert Charles : The Inventor of Stereo: The Life and Works of Alan Dower Blumlein. Oxford : Focal Press, 2000. Reprint edition. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color photographic wrappers. Xxii pp prelim material, 421 numbered pp, plus three blank. Foreword (by Sir Bernard Lovell), author's preface, acknowledgements and credits, intro; 12 chaps; references, patent chronology, index. Heavily illustrated w b&w photos, diagrams, schematics. Condition notes: light wear to wrappers, not creased, moderate soiling to edges; no notes or highlighting. A dense and long-delayed biography of one of the early 20th Century's unsung heroes, who died in a plane crash in 1942 while working to develop technologies to assist the Allied war effort. We personally inspect every book we offer. 2000. Focal Press ISBN 0240516281 9780240516288 [US]

ISBN10: 0240516281, ISBN13: 9780240516288, [publisher: Focal Press] Softcover Slight wear
[Oxford, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2000]

ISBN10: 0240516281, ISBN13: 9780240516288, [publisher: Oxford: Focal] Softcover First Edition xxi 421p paperback, white cover with photograph, very good condition, no significant wear, binding firm, pages very clean and neat, numerous photographs and diagrams, a very good copy, retains original errata slip Language: English
[Cambridge, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1999]
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New. This book is the definitive study of the life and works of one of Britain's most important inventors who, due to a cruel set of circumstances, has all but been overlooked by history. Alan Dower Blumlein led an extraordinary life in which his inventive output rate easily surpassed that of Edison, but whose early death during the darkest days of World War Two led to a shroud of secrecy which has covered his life and achievements ever since. His 1931 Patent for a Binaural Recording system was so revolutionary that most of his contemporaries regarded it at as more than 20 years ahead of its time. Even years after his death, the full magnitude of its detail had not been fully utilized. Among his 128 Patents are the principle electronic circuits critical to the development of the world's first electronic television system. During his short working life, Blumlein produced patent after patent breaking entirely new ground in electronic and audio engineering. During the Second World War, Alan Blumlein was deeply engaged in the very secret work of radar development and contributed enormously to the system eventually to become 'H2S'- blind bombing radar. Tragically, during an experimental H2S flight in June 1942, the Halifax bomber in which Blumlein and several colleagues were flying, crashed and all aboard were killed. He was just days short of his 39th birthday. For many years there have been rumours about a biography of Alan Blumlein, yet none has been ...

New York: Focal Press, Date: 2013. Softcover. Very good. [xxii], 421p. An in-depth biography of British inventor and electronics engineer Alan Dower Blumlein, notable for his many inventions in telecommunications, sound recording, television, and radar. Includes bibliographic references and a chronology of patents. B&w photographs. (11-3/4"x8-1/4") 2013. Focal Press ISBN 0240516281 9780240516288 [US]

Focal Pr, Date: 2000. Paperback. New. 448 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. 2000. Focal Pr ISBN 0240516281 9780240516288 [GB]

Oxford Routledge 2000 UK ed. Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 446 p.

Focal Press, Date: 2000-05-24. paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2000. Focal Press ISBN 0240516281 9780240516288 [US]