J. B. Wood wrote:
"Peter O. Brackett" wrote:
Most of us RRAA'ers seem to accept the physical reality inherent in the
assertions of James Clerk Maxwell's (Actually Oliver Heavisides!) elegant
and widely celebrated simple set of four partial differential equations and
their auxilliary relations.

If you really want a more in-depth understanding (beyond the
technical/hobby level), and are not an EE by profession, I would suggest
auditing an undergrad EE course on the subject.

:-) Peter has a Ph.D. degree in EE. Here's a quote from his
QRZ.com bio: "I have written two theses, some 35+ professional
technical papers, several US Patents and Patent applications,
and co-authored a graduate EE textbook."
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

In article , Cecil Moore
wrote:

:-) Peter has a Ph.D. degree in EE. Here's a quote from his
QRZ.com bio: "I have written two theses, some 35+ professional
technical papers, several US Patents and Patent applications,
and co-authored a graduate EE textbook."
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Hello, and perhaps I was viewing Dr. Brackett's questions/comments
incorrectly. Maybe he already knows the answers to the (rhetorical?)
statements posited. EE covers many related disciplines these days so I am
assuming that if Dr. Brackett hasn't specialized in
electromagnetics/electrophysics that he still retains some basic info from
those undergrad "fields" courses. In any event it was not my intent to
offend Dr. Brackett or anyone else. Sincerely,

John Wood (Code 5550) e-mail:
Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20375-5337

On Tue, 15 May 2007 12:00:07 -0400, (J. B. Wood)
wrote:

In any event it was not my intent to
offend Dr. Brackett or anyone else.

Hi John,

The only offense would have not been contributing to the nonsense.
(Now I've done it even though I like these dalliances. Stand by for
the wounded cry.)

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Richard Clark wrote:
On Tue, 15 May 2007 12:00:07 -0400, (J. B. Wood)
wrote:

In any event it was not my intent to
offend Dr. Brackett or anyone else.

Hi John,

The only offense would have not been contributing to the nonsense.
(Now I've done it even though I like these dalliances. Stand by for
the wounded cry.)

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Brackett is a great kidder. Taking him seriously is a recipe for
madness.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH

Cecil Moore wrote:
...
:-) Peter has a Ph.D. degree in EE. Here's a quote from his
QRZ.com bio: "I have written two theses, some 35+ professional
technical papers, several US Patents and Patent applications,
and co-authored a graduate EE textbook."
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Cecil:

What "great doctorates" are you aware of which have made major
discoveries and new advancements?

Most, if not all, I am aware of only follow behind men such as edison,
einstein, tesla, marconi, de forest, etc, etc and write books and papers ...

Regards,
JS

"John Smith I" wrote in message
...
Cecil Moore wrote:
...
:-) Peter has a Ph.D. degree in EE. Here's a quote from his
QRZ.com bio: "I have written two theses, some 35+ professional
technical papers, several US Patents and Patent applications,
and co-authored a graduate EE textbook."
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Cecil:

What "great doctorates" are you aware of which have made major discoveries
and new advancements?

Most, if not all, I am aware of only follow behind men such as edison,
einstein, tesla, marconi, de forest, etc, etc and write books and papers
...

Regards,
JS

The greatest of all of them is Dr. Nikola Tesla, (he graduate from Czech
Carl University). Wats yer point? Demonstrating low awareness ?? :-)

Yuri

Yuri Blanarovich wrote:
...
The greatest of all of them is Dr. Nikola Tesla, (he graduate from Czech
Carl University). Wats yer point? Demonstrating low awareness ?? :-)

Yuri

Well, demonstrating how unaware you are is just a side effect, you
apparently missed the whole point ...

JS

"John Smith I" blithered:

What "great doctorates" are you aware of which have made major
discoveries and new advancements?

For a partial listing, you can visit:

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/all/

ac6xg

Jim Kelley wrote:
"John Smith I" blithered:

What "great doctorates" are you aware of which have made major
discoveries and new advancements?

For a partial listing, you can visit:

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/all/

ac6xg

Hello, and while categorizing discoveries and advancements as "major"
are in the hands of the beholder why hasn't anyone mentioned Dr. John D.
Kraus, W8JK (silent key), antenna and radiotelescope designer
extraordinaire? Both the EE and ham community lost a great radio
pioneer. Sincerely,

J.B. Wood wrote:
....
Hello, and while categorizing discoveries and advancements as "major"
are in the hands of the beholder why hasn't anyone mentioned Dr. John D.
Kraus, W8JK (silent key), antenna and radiotelescope designer
extraordinaire? Both the EE and ham community lost a great radio
pioneer. Sincerely,

"Discovering radio" (Nicola Tesla) is major ...
Inventing the light bulb (Edison) is major ...
The discovery of fire (caveman) is major ...
The first spacecraft (nasa) is major ...
The first turbine (Nicola Tesla) is major ...
The first atomic bomb (various scientists) is major ...
The egypt pyramids (unknown?) are major ...
The first transistor (bell labs) is major ...

Naa, categorizing is easy! Like I said, "great doctorates" are mostly
oxymoron-ish ... and belong "in the other category."

JS