TY - GEN T1 - Empire of the air : the men who made radio A1 - Lewis, Tom, 1942- LA - English PP - Ithaca New York PB - Cornell University Press YR - 2021 ED - Thirtieth Anniversary Paperback Edition. UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1245956905 AB - "Biography of 3 Americans, Lee de Forest, Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff, who turned a hobbyists' toy into radio, and launch the modern communications age. The narrative of their creations is punctuated by acts of idealism and imagination, greed and envy, ambition and determination--and genius. It covers 1899 to 1954"-- OP - 421 CN - TK6545.A1 L49 2021 SN - 9781501759345 SN - 1501759345 SN - 9781501759338 SN - 1501759337 SN - 9781501759321 SN - 1501759329 KW - De Forest, Lee, : 1873-1961. KW - Armstrong, Edwin H. : (Edwin Howard), : 1890-1954. KW - Sarnoff, David, : 1891-1971. KW - Armstrong, Edwin H. : (Edwin Howard), : 1890-1954 KW - De Forest, Lee, : 1873-1961 KW - Sarnoff, David, : 1891-1971 KW - Radio : United States : History. KW - Radio : United States : Biography. KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Radio KW - Radio KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Biographies KW - History KW - Biographies. ER -