Bøger af Larry Steckler

By this time, most people know that "Mohammed Ullyses Fips" was Hugo Gernsback. What fewer people realize is that Hugo Gernsback was also Mohammed Ullyses Fips! The intriguing thing about all of the Fips inventions was that there was -- through all of them -- an undertone of practicality, and several have indeed seen the ultimate light of day as practical inventions in later years. Hugo Gernsback was an inventor, an innovator, and a force in his industry. He founded the electronics publishing industry and at one time, was perhaps best known as publisher of science fiction. The Fips stories presented here are only one facit of this multi-faced individual, and one is at loss for suitable words to pay proper homage to this genius, this giant among men who undoubtedly has left his indelible footprints in the sands of time.

Hugo Gernsback was and is best known in the field of Science Fiction, despite the fact that the majority of his life and energies were devoted to pioneering modern electronics, inventing new devices, forcasting with great accuracy future technologies and publishing magazines about electronics. He came to the United States from Luxenbourg in 1900 at the age of 19, with $200 in his pocket and a mind overflowing with innvative ideas. This is his story - written as an un-attributed autobiography. It presents a fascinating insight into the wonderously inventive mind of a man who never stopped thinking up new ideas and never stopped dreaming. Take a lifelong trip with Hugo Gernsback - explore his successes - his disappointments - his lights that failed. He will continue to amaze you long after you have set this book aside, the final page read.

Murder raises its head in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. Detective "Shortstop", Leslie G. Canners, together with a variety of other Brooklyn police characters sort through the murder, linking it to others. They make their way through a fascinating collection of local characters and as expected, do get their murderer in the end. Along the way you will meet an interesting assortment of characters with personalities that add interest and excitement as our heroes find their way through the tangled web that eventually leads to the murderer.

It's a spoof..... It's a look into today's tomorrow. In 1944 and 1946 Hugo Gernsback was publishing an electronics magazine that was titled Radio-Craft. You may or may not remember it. During this time, that same Hugo Gernsback send to many friends, associates, advertisers and others he deemed worthy, his forward looking little mini-magazines, which were takeoffs on his own publication. The first one, Mini Radio Craft, doubled was issued as a promotion for the Electronic Distribution Show. The second one, Radio-Cracy served as his 1944 Christmas Card. Both are fun, both predict things to come, and both are assembled here for those of us who did not have the honor of being on his mailing list. Enjoy!!!

Recreation of a 1918 Radio and Parts Catalog for the wireless experimenter. Chock full of all the state-of-the-art devices of that period. You will find items like: complete wireless receiving and sending sets; variable condensers, minerals and crystals, wireless code chart, chromic plunge battery dynamos, Tesla transformer, omnigraph, boy's toys, chemicals, and much much more. It's like taking a time machine in to the electronics industry of that time. Only an old timer will remember this gear, but every electronics enthusiast will treasure this tip through bygone days. The Eletro Importing Company, E.I. Company was THE pioneer supplier of radio parts for the experimenter. Take the journey. You will not be disappointed.

In the 1920's radio was new and this little book quickly became a guide to the excitement of what was then new and thrilling. Relive those early days of radio by looking over some of the more favorite receiving circuits of that period. Follow the path from crystal radios to a 5-tube nutrodyne.

A vital part of marketing is communications with your customer, and in the case of a large retailer like Radio Shack with thousands of outlets, communicating with your store managers. Lew Kornfeld was truly an ace at that task. In this book are all of his communication with his employees in his President's Letters, and with his customizers and store managers through a monthly newsletter he titled "Intercom." There is much to be learned here, so dig in and Lew show you how to build your business