The Electronics Revolution

1. Introduction
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2. Missed Opportunities: The Beginnings of Electronics
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3. From Wireless to Radio
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4. Seeing by Electricity: Development of Television
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5. Seeing a Hundred Miles: Radar
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6. The ‘Box’: Television Takes Over
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7. Spinning Discs: Recorded Music
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8. The Crystal Triode: The Transistor
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9. Pop Music: Youth Culture in the 1950s and 1960s
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10. From People to Machines: The Rise of Computers
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11. Chips into Everything: Integrated Circuits
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12. From Signboards to Screens: Displays
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13. Distributing Time: Clocks and Watches
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14. From Desktop to Pocket: Calculators
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15. Shrinking Computers: Microprocessors
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16. Instant Cooking: Microwave Ovens
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17. Essentials or Toys: Home Computers
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18. Computers Take Over the Workplace
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19. From Clerks to Xerography: Copiers
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20. Shrinking the World: Communication Satellites
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21. Personal Communicators: Mobile Phones
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22. Going Online: The Internet
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23. Glass to the Rescue: Fiber Optics
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24. Towards Virtual Money: Cards, ATMs and PoS
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25. Saving TV Programmes: Video Recording
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26. Electronics Invades Photography: Digital Cameras
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27. Seeing Inside the Body: Electronics Aids Medicine
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28. Knowing Where You Are: GPS
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29. The Electronics Revolution
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Avainsanat: Popular Science, Popular Science in Technology, History of Technology, Electrical Engineering, Physics of Energy Technology, History of Computing, Media and Communication