The Science Fair Story of Electronics - The Discovery That Changed the World
#Fall 1983, Spring 1984
(Fall 1983, Spring 1984)
Radio Shack,
1980 Series
- Price
- 0.00 FREE
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Radio Shack Division of Tandy Corporation
- Printer
- Printed in the United States of America
- Editing
- William M. Palmer (credited as Bill Palmer) (editor)
Issue Notes
First printing August 1983; Second printing November 1983. On the cover and just above the indicia lists the catalog number: Cat. No. 68-2028.
Radio Shack Division of Tandy Corporation, One Tandy Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76102 U.S.A. Copyright 1983 by Tandy Corporation.
Radio Shack Division of Tandy Corporation, One Tandy Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76102 U.S.A. Copyright 1983 by Tandy Corporation.
Continuing Education in Computers
Radio Shack / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Synopsis
- House advertisement for Radio Shack's free training sessions for Teachers, using TRS-80 computers.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
...the Science Fair Story of Electronics
comic story / 31 pages
- Script
- William M. Palmer (credited as Bill Palmer) (narrative)
- Pencils
- Weathers Graphic Design (credited)
- Inks
- Weathers Graphic Design (credited)
- Colors
- Weathers Graphic Design (credited)
- Letters
- Weathers Graphic Design (credited)
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; math & science
- Characters
- Nikola Tesla; Thales (of Miletus); William Gilbert; Benjamin Franklin; Alessandro Volta; Michael Faraday; Clerk Maxwell; Heinrich Hertz; Joseph Henry; Samuel Morse; General McClellan; Thomas Edison; Alexander Graham Bell; Thomas Watson; Guglielmo Marconi; Major Edwin Armstrong; Karl Jansky; John Bardeen; William Shockley; Walter Brattain; Joseph Marie Jacquard
- Synopsis
- A very brief history of basic science, electricity, and electronics development with special emphasis on America's space program, energy production, and mini-computers.
Student's Guide to Computer Language
text article / 1 page
- Script
- William M. Palmer (credited as Bill Palmer)
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Genre
- math & science
- Synopsis
- Glossary of some common BASIC computer language and related terms.
Science Fair Kits Fun and Educational
Radio Shack / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Synopsis
- House ad for Radio Shack kits.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Passengers on Spaceship Earth!
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1.
Continuing Education in Computers
Radio Shack -
2.
...the Science Fair Story of Electronics
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3.
Student's Guide to Computer Language
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4.
Science Fair Kits Fun and Educational
Radio Shack -
5.
The Funway to Learn About Science!
Radio Shack
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jim Van Dore
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