Radar to Radiology
John Hedley-Whyte, Debra R Milamed · 2024
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Description
Hedley-Whyte and Milamed wrote a long history piece in twenty twenty-four that traces radar from its start to its later use in health care. The piece opens with a boyhood memory from November nineteen forty, on a ferry trip. It then turns to the men who built radar in Britain in the years before the war. Names such as Watson-Watt and Tizard anchor the early story.
The text tells how test sites grew into a chain of coast stations that watched for planes. It notes key dates, such as the first long-range finds in nineteen thirty-six. The piece links wartime air defense work to later medical imaging. It serves readers who want the human story behind the tools.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | John Hedley-Whyte, Debra R Milamed |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |