The Net Advance of Physics:
History and Philosophy: Radar

• Wikipedia (good print resources list and external links)
• The History of Radar H2G2 [BBC]
• MIT Radiation Lab
  • Wikipedia (external links have some overlap with this page)
  • MIT Radiation Laboratory, 1940-1945 (general history) IEEE Virtual Museum [IEEE]
  • MIT Rad Lab (development of radar) IEEE Virtual Museum [IEEE]
    • Quotes and Stories about Building 20 [MIT]
• Radar Development in England [Radar World]
• The Penley Radar Archives: Early History of Radar Development in the UK, by Bill and Jonathan Penley
• April, 1935: British Patent for Radar System for Air Defense Granted to Robert Watson-Watt, 2006/04 This Month in Physics History [APS]
• Origins of Radar-based Research in Canada, by Don Moorcraft [University of Western Ontario]
• History of Weather Radar (list of NOAA links) NOAA Magazine Online [NOAA]
• The Development of Radar, by John R. Page, 2005 (memoir by the son of Robert M. Page, who developed monopulse radar for the US Navy) [chuckhawks.com]

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