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The Impossible Number

Curious Cases

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The Basics of the Electronics Industry

The basis of the 20th century electronics industry comes from a guy called Charles Proteus Steinmet. He came over to America in 1889, when everyone was trying to work out how to electrify America. The mathematical model of a circuit - going from the generator all the way through to your light switch and bulb - was really difficult with alternating current. And Steinmetz came in and said, oh, it's easy. You just use complex numbers.

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