Russell Burns

Gebundenes Buch

British Television: The Formative Years

Beschreibung

This book is concerned with the history of British television for home reception from 1922/23 to 1939, when the London Station closed down for the war years. Great care has been taken to ensure that an unbiased, accurate history has been written and the work is based predominantly on written primary source material.

Autor

Russell W. Burns graduated from the University of Durham in 1948 with a first class honours degree in physics. Following post-graduate research he joined the Royal Naval Scientific Service in 1952. Professor Burns subsequently held various appointments in higher education in the UK and abroad, obtaining his PhD from the University of Leicester in 1976, and retired in 1989. He has been researching and writing on the history of electrical engineering for more than 30 years. He was awarded the IEE's SET Divisional Board Premium in 1993 and shared the Maxwell Premium in 1994. An IET Fellow, Professor Burns is a past chairman of the IEE's History of Technology professional group, Archives Committee and Science Education and Technology Divisional Board.

Produktdetails

• History and Management of Tech
• Verlag: Institution of Engineering & Technology
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: Juni 1986
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 924g
• ISBN-13: 9780863410796
• ISBN-10: 0863410790
• Artikelnr.: 35667527