Reminiscences of Simon Ramo : oral history, 1984 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Family background, childhood in Salt Lake City; Mormon-Jewish relations; early interest in science, mathematics, music; engineering studies at University of Utah, B.S., 1933; influence of Depression; graduate work at California Institute of Technology: recollections of Robert A. Millikan, Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer, Edward Teller, Dean Wooldridge; fellow students, high voltage engineering; religious discrimination in engineering field; employment with General Electric: move to Schenectady, New York, training program, General Electric laboratory; head of General Electric research team in microwaves and electron optics; classified work during World War II; first book, FIELDS AND WAVES IN MODERN RADIO, 1944; recollections of General Electric mentor C.W. La Pierre; work on rocketry