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Robert Buderi is an American author and technology journalist. He has served as editor-in-chief of MIT's Technology Review and written extensively on innovation, science, and the intersection of technology and society.
Known for: The Invention That Changed the World: The Story of Radar from War to Peace
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The Invention That Changed the World: The Story of Radar from War to Peace
This book chronicles the development of radar during World War II and its profound impact on science, technology, and society in the postwar era. It explores how radar research not only helped win the war but also laid the foundation for innovations in electronics, computing, and communications that shaped the modern world.
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Prewar Scientific Foundations
Before the war, radar was a dream flickering in the minds of physicists fascinated by the behavior of radio waves. James Clerk Maxwell had long established the theoretical groundwork, but it was left to early experimenters in Britain, Germany, and the United States to turn those invisible waves into...
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Mobilization for War
When Hitler’s forces darkened Europe, science was thrust into an unfamiliar role. The Allied nations needed eyes — and fast. In 1940, Britain shared with the United States one of its most precious research assets: the cavity magnetron. That device could generate powerful bursts of microwaves far sma...
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About Robert Buderi
Robert Buderi is an American author and technology journalist. He has served as editor-in-chief of MIT's Technology Review and written extensively on innovation, science, and the intersection of technology and society.
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