Table of Contents

The beginning of electronics. The development of components, tubes, transistors and integrated circuits. The expansion of electronics. A concise history of audio and sound reproduction. A concise history of radio, communications and avionics. A concise history of radar and sonar. A concise history of television. A concise history of computers, robotics, mechatronics and information technology. A concise history of industrial, automobile, medical, educational, office, banking, consumer and security electronics. List of inventions by subject. A concise description of each invention in date order. Electronics acronyms and abbreviations. List of books on inventions. List of books on inventors. Index. Histories on a page.

Reviews

Praise for the previous editions:
"Anyone with the slightest interest in the history of electronics will find that the latest book from G.W.A. Dummer is in the unputdownable class … It is a remarkable compilation, extremely comprehensive, and Mr. Dummer is to be congratulated on producing a fascinating book."
-Electronics Weekly

"… a fascinating book which will not only prove a useful reference volume for research bodies, universities and technical colleges, manufacturing organizations, and those concerned with patent litigation, but will be read from sheer interest by electronic engineers, students, and amateur enthusiasts."
-British Book News

"… well worth compiling and should prove to be a valuable reference book for multitudes."
-Electronics & Power

"This book can be recommended to scholars and those who want accurate information on who invented what."
-Microelectronics & Reliability

"Whether the reader enters the book because of curiosity over dates and then turns back to page 1 out of interest and nostalgia, or whether he simply starts at the beginning and reads on, it can be guaranteed that he will find facts or chart presentations of interest to him on practically every page. Indeed, once started, it is difficult to put the book down."
-Microelectronics

"… it is very readable, indeed compulsive, for once one dips into it, perhaps to check a date or reference, the eye is led on to the next fascinating entry, and so on."
-The Radio & Electronic Engineer

"This book is much more than its title implies. It is not only a list of electronic inventions. It is also a condensed history of electronic discovery and advancement arranged in chronological order with book references and references to patents where these exist … Mr. Dummer has put all those interested in electronics very much in his debt by compiling this unusual and interesting book."
-Chartered Institute of Patent Agents (CIPA)