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Sonar to quartz clock : technology and physics in war, academy, and industry / Shaul Katzir.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Katzir, Shaul, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Piezoelectricity--History.
- Piezoelectricity.
- Technological innovations--History--20th century.
- Technological innovations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (369 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- 'Sonar to Quartz Clock' examines how the unapplied phenomenon of piezoelectricity became applied for technologies such as sonar, crystal frequency control, the quartz clock, and how its research has consequently changed during WWI and the interwar period. It aims at reconstructing, for the first time, the fascinating history of the inventions and the development of these highly important technologies, which are still in extensive use, and which were crucial for the electronic revolution, arguably the most important technological developments of the twentieth century.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 25, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9780191989056
- 0191989053
- 9780198878742
- 0198878745
- OCLC:
- 1395141902
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