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I have mentioned this in posts. This is from the Young People's Science Encyclopedia supplement from back in the 1970s. I found the article very interesting then, and I still find it interesting. For one, Sinergy made a statement that indicated a possible interest, and with the higher intelligence of our little group here, I think many others might find it interesting as well.
Sorry about it being in jpg format, IE might not handle it right. You might have to put it in an image viewer or editor, and read it like that. There are images, but the images really mean nothing. It is scanned in high enough resolution, but when zoomed out they do pixelize. Thing is you CAN read it. Each image is about 600K, for anybody on highspeed it is not a problem.
In a way it is interesting to look at their different perspective back then, their methods and all that, and to find that while they are indeed different, you can't really prove them wrong.
I encourage anyone with an interest in any form of sociology or a keen interest in our societal problems to read this. Even as much trouble as it is to read, do it anyway, it is worth it.
I took the trouble to scan and upload it, unfortunately it is in JPG format. The OCR software would just not work. But through all the clones and migrations, and then the "upgrade" to XP, what did I expect ?
What I am saying is that this article is worth the trouble. Get it to fit the width of your screen and you can read it. It is worth it.
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I don't remember the exact year right now, and the books are put away because we are in a state of flux right now. Homeowners know that to mean remodeling. I know this, I know we had a 1968 supplement because it was big on astronomy, go figure. And I know we stopped getting them by 1980. Other than electronics and science, well physics, this is the kind of stuff I read as a teenager.
The original YPSE which I had in it's entirety by 1968 for sure, was a great resource. I have never seen anything like it, before or since. It was designed for young kids, each subject had an explanation in bigger text, some kids were learning to read at the age, remember I was eight. Well following the brief recap, or whatever you call it then came the fine print. That was meant for very literate adults to read, and be able to discuss the subject.
Originally this was a sort of volume of the month club. I think what happened was my Parents payed it off in a lump sum. In the beginning we got one volume at a time, and I read each cover to cover almost. I only skipped the stuff about whales and a few other things. I had no interest in what, who or where a whale, a tiger or a rino eats. I wnted science and technology, and this was full of it. Brimming with things of which I never had heard, how a helicopter works, how a laser works, what is a cyclotron ?
When they payed the thing off and that box came with all of the rest of the volumes I became the youngest recluse in the history of mankind. I could not get enough.
So, understand that this material is from a supplement to that encyclopedia.
Like I said, it is worth the inconvenience to read, and I think you will agree. If you read it.
Let me finally tell you what I think of this article ; if noone reads it in this form, I can force it to print full page. I will do so and retype it letter for letter. But if you just download it or "save as" in an image editor you should have no problem zooming in or out.
I wouldn't mind discussing this with the minds here if they can get past the minor difficulties in viewing it. Maybe I should just retype it letter for letter. I might.
There were, and actually still are alot of interesting things in that book. From way back then, there is a technology called ovonics, and it totally foreign to electronics but does the same thing. The technology was used, but now it is only used for solar cells and panels. An ovonic device does not have the thermal limitations of normal modern semiconductors.
I believe the guy's name was Olshevski. What he did was to make a transistor without crystalline structure. Never heard another word about it until the solar panels. I am sure the technology was persued, and the only reason ovonic devices are not in consumer and commercial equipment is that they can't make the devices switch fast enough. I know my technology and I know that if they could they would. I would.
Now, or at least for a time Olshevski's technology is used for solar panels, particularly the flat, flexible kind. It comes in rolls. It is expensive, but I guess it works.
Whatever, read it. If not I'll just drop the subject and we can move on.
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