[NJARC] RCA Labs photohistory now available

[Alex Magoun]

>From the back cover of the Arcadia Publishing photohistory by Alex Magoun:

Color television, transistors, lasers, digital memory, computers, liquid-crystal
displays, medical electronics, and digital video�these technologies define
modern civilization. "David Sarnoff Research Center: RCA Labs to Sarnoff
Corporation" tells the story of their invention or innovation  at the research
facility in Princeton, New Jersey. Its engineers, physicists, chemists,
technicians, and shop workers developed radar, sonar, and TV-guided missiles
during World War II. In 1951, RCA renamed the labs for its visionary leader,
David Sarnoff, and the Center continued its groundbreaking work for RCA's
product divisions and patent licensing department. General Electric Company
bought RCA in 1986 and donated the David Sarnoff Research Center to SRI
International, a nonprofit research institute. Ten years later, the Center
became Sarnoff Corporation, which continues to innovates solutions to solve
clients� problems. It also licenses patents, starts companies, and sells
products.
    "David Sarnoff Research Center: RCA Labs to Sarnoff Corporation" celebrates
the fascinating process of research and development with stunning photos
selected from the thirty thousand stills in RCA�s collections now deposited at
the David Sarnoff Library. Masterfully framed and lighted, these rare images
reflect American confidence in the promise of science and engineering at its
twentieth-century peak, and illustrate a sometimes unusual world within a social
life of awards, gardens, picnics, and sports teams.

And on sale tonight for $19.99! (with Free inscriptions by the author),
Alex
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Alexander B. Magoun Ph.D.
Executive Director
David Sarnoff Library
CN 5300
Princeton NJ 08543-5300

609-734-2636
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