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My Articles in Analog​


"Making Waves: The Inventions of John W. Campbell"

 

Co-authored with Alec Nevala-Lee.

 

January / February 2020

 

Two approaches by John W. Campbell to the problem of generating arbitrary waveforms.

"Just the Facts: How Articles Came to Astounding"


November / December 2020


A look at how fact articles were introduced into Astounding and what type of articles appeared in Astounding and Analog when John W. Campbell was editor.

"A Solid Prediction"


May / June 2021


Presents the details of a story by Malcolm Jameson that appeared in the October 1944 Astounding that may be the earliest description of a type of 3-D printing.

"Taming the Serpent"


July / August 2021


Shows that a device presented in a novel by Frank Herbert that was serialized in Astounding was the inspiration for an invention by a British engineer.

"Another 'Deadline'?"

 

July / August 2022

 

Relates the details of "Deadline," the 1944 story that created a security problem during World War II, and points to another story that could have caused a similar problem.

"A Very Useful Exoplanet"

 

September / October 2022

 

A 1943 article in Astounding about the discovery of an exoplanet was followed 10 years later by a novel and another article that described the science behind the story.

"Words, Music, and Information"

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May / June 2023

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Looks at four Astounding articles written by John R. Pierce that presented various aspects of the work of his friend, Claude Shannon, the creator of Information Theory.

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