Article in New Scientist By Chris Baraniuk on the role of the Varian
brothers development of radar and the founding of Varian Associates:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23431270-400-the-us-inventors-who-helped-the-raf-win-the-battle-of-britain/
"It began humbly, with six full-time employees, in what looked like a
concrete shack, in San Carlos.
"They christened it Varian Associates, a name that was intended to
emphasise the idea of a cooperative run by scientists and researchers, not
corporate executives.
"And what shaped Varian Associates helped to shape a
nascent Silicon Valley – and the echoes remain today."
--Mike
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Michael Strain
Director, CAMCOR NMR Facility
University of Oregon
mstrain_at_uoregon.edu
http://nmr.uoregon.edu
LinkedIn.com/in/michael-strain-3a8476119
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