Abstract
THOSE who had the privilege of participating in "the tremendous research and development effort that went into the development of radar and related techniques during World War II" are often asked about the effects of that effort in peace-time applications. The effects are of two kinds. The direct use of radar in increasing the safety, speed and economy of transport by air, sea and (perhaps) land is generally appreciated, widely understood and, not infrequently, too optimistically appraised. The indirect effects of radar development or more general radio development are less fully recognized outside specialist circles. Yet it is almost certainly true that these indirect effects will be more important than the direct peace-time applications ; they may indeed be comparable in importance to the contribution of radar to victory in the War.
Radar System Engineering
Edited by Prof. Louis N. Ridenour. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Radiation Laboratory Series.) Pp. xviii+748. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1947.) 37s. 6d.
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WATSON-WATT, R. Radar System Engineering. Nature 161, 867–868 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161867a0
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