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"Joseph F. Keithley, a modern pioneer of instrumentation, brings you a fascinating history of electrical measurement from the ancient Greeks to the inventors of the early twentieth century. Written in a direct and fluent style, the book illuminates the lives of the most significant inventors in the field, including George…

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Joseph Keithley is known as the founder of Keithley Instruments, Inc., one of the most renowned manufacturers of measuring instruments. This book reveals him as a brilliant writer, and I love how it carries the readers away by disclosing facts that are mostly unknown.

Electromagnetism is thought to be a recent discovery that has dramatically changed our lives. We use electrical equipment in every moment, but we ignore that the first experiments with electricity go back to 5 centuries BC and that without good instruments, electromagnetism could have never developed.

I love how this book digs into the pioneering work…

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