Magnetic Recording: The First 100 Years

作者 Eric D. Daniel编C. Denis Mee编Mark H. Clark编
出版社 Wiley-IEEE Press
出版时间 1998年8月第1版
ISBN 9780780347090
定价 1522.60

内容简介

"ThefirstmagneticrecordingdevicewasdemonstratedandpatentedbytheDanishinventorValdemarPoulsenin1898.Poulsenmadeamagneticrecordingofhisvoiceonalengthofpianowire.MAGNETICRECORDINGtracesthedevelopmentofthewatershedproductsandthetechnicalbreakthroughsinmagneticrecordingthattookplaceduringthecenturyfromPaulsen'sexperimenttotoday'subiquitousaudio,video,anddatarecordingtechnologiesincludingtaperecorders,videocassetterecorders,andcomputerharddrives.Aninternationalauthorteambringsauniqueperspective,drawnfromprofessionalexperience,tothehistoryofmagneticrecordingapplications.Theirkeyinsightsshedlightonhowmagneticrecordingtriumphedoverallcompetingtechnologiesandrevolutionizedthemusic,radio,televisionandcomputerindustries.Theyalsoshowhowthesedevelopmentsofferopportunitiesforapplicationsinthefuture.MAGNETICRECORDINGfeatures116illustrations,including92photographsofhistoricmagneticrecordingmachinesandtheirinventors."Sponsoredby:IEEEMagneticsSociety

作者简介

EricD.Danielhasworkedinmagneticrecordingsince1947.HeworkedtenyearswiththeBBCResearchDepartment,threeyearsattheNationalBureauofStandards,twoyearsatAmpex,andtwentyyearsatMemorex.AsDirectorofResearchatMemorex,Mr.Danielworkedonawidevarietyofmagneticrecordingmedia,includingcomputer,instrumentation,videoandaudiotapeproducts,andrigidandflexibledisks.In1979hewaselectedasaFellowofMemorex,andin1982heretiredfromfull-timeemployment.DenisMeeworkedonaudiorecordingforfiveyearsatCBSLaboratories.HethenworkedthirtyyearsatIBMwherehespecializedinadvancedstoragetechnologies,includingmagneto-opticalstorage,magneticrecordingheads,media,andrecordingsubsystemsforcomputerrigiddisks.In1983hewaselectedasanIBMFellow,andin1993heretiredfromIBM.Dr.Meecontinuestorepresentaconsortiumofcompaniessupportingstorageresearchatvariousuniversities.MarkH.ClarkisAssistantProfessorofHistoryintheHumanitiesandSocialSciencesDepartmentatOregonInstituteofTechnology.Anauthorityontheearlyhistoryofaudiomagneticrecording,Dr.Clarkspentthesummerof1996asaFulbrightProfessorattheUniversityofAarhus,DenmarkwhereheresearchedthelifeofValdemarPoulsen.

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