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It All Started With Marconi
In his delightful memoir, Love & Math [1], mathematician Edward Frenkel shares the following “anecdote” about wireless telegraphy: At the beginning of the 20th century, someone asks a physicist at a party: can you explain how it works? The physicist replies that it’s very simple. First, you have to understand how the ordinary, wired, telegraph works; imagine […]
Do You Want to Become an Impressive IEEE Author?
Suppose you want to publish something that is as simple as1 + 1 = 2. This is not very impressive. If you want your article to be accepted by IEEE reviewers, you have to be more abstract: http://fatiherden.apps-1and1.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IEEE_Joke.pdf
Lecture Notes for “EE323 Electromagnetic Waves and Transmission Lines”
(KoronaVirüs süresince uzaktan eğitim sırasında aşağıdaki kaynaklardan faydalanabilirsiniz.) e-book – Field and Wave Electromagnetics (2nd Ed.), David ChengSolution Manual – Field and Wave Electromagnetics (2nd Ed.), David K. Cheng Balanis – Chapter 3: Wave Equation and its SolutionsBalanis – Chapter 4: Wave Propagation and PolarizationBalanis – Chapter 5: Reflection and Transmission Applied Electromagnetic (8th Edition) […]
The science of vodka from Dmitri Mendeleev who created the periodic table 150 years ago
DOI:10.1063/PT.6.4.20190822a Dmitri Mendeleev, vodka connoisseur? Visit a liquor store in the US and you can find a colorfully labeled bottle that proclaims, “In 1894, Dmitri Mendeleev, the greatest scientist in all Russia, received the decree to set the Imperial quality standard for Russian vodka and the ‘Russian Standard’ was born.” Russian Standard is, of course, […]
Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame
Here are the stories behind the best gadgets of the past 50 years We’re all gadget hounds now. In developed countries, we wake up to our smartphones, we consult them obsessively all day, and then fall asleep with them by our side. Between dawn and dusk, we glance at our smartwatches, look at monitors and […]
Authors@IEEE Newsletter, March 2018
Welcome to the March Authors@IEEE Newsletter In this issue, learn how to join the publishing conversation, understand IEEE’s article sharing policies, correct author listings in Web of Science, and get tips on presenting your work at a conference. http://www.sharethiscontent.net/Actions/social_share_version.cfm?message_id=15264880&user_id=IEEE_PUB&recipient_id=3461108097&jobid=40267417&isRecip=1
Documentaries for Engineers: Mission Control, Denial, and Viva Amiga
These three films will keep you thoughtfully entertained during your vacation travels Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo Photo: Mission Control In Mission Control, director David Fairhead, an experienced hand at space-race documentaries, focuses on the men who manned the consoles in Houston during the Apollo program. In addition to interviews with surviving controllers (and a […]
Thank “James Clerk Maxwell” for Cellphones
NOW THAT THE WORLD HAS BECOME ADDICTED to portable electronics, billions of people have come to see the companies providing these gadgets as the most innovative, and the people who head those companies as the most exalted, of all time. “Genius” is a starter category in this discussion. But clever and appealing though today’s electronic […]
“What good is a newborn baby?” Michael Faraday
There are two famous anecdotes told concerning Michael Faraday (English scientist, 1791-1867) and the usefulness of scientific discoveries. They appear in various forms in the works of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers on scientific subjects. Both are told usually in relation to Faraday’s discoveries in the field of electro-magnetism. The usual form of the stories is […]
PhD defence in Leiden University [Netherlands]
Leiden University, founded in 1575, is the oldest university in the Netherlands. This video shows how a doctorate degree (PhD) dissertation defense is held in the University. Watch and see the respect they give to doctorate degree.