Percy Spencer: Microwaves and Magnetrons

Smart Tea

One person’s curiosity can change the world! Aarati tells the story of a grade school dropout whose drive to learn how things work resulted in the invention of the microwave oven.

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1. Welcome (00:00:00)

2. Percy's Childhood (00:09:52)

3. Electricity and Radio Waves (00:15:41)

4. Vacuum Tubes at Raytheon (00:28:50)

5. Cavity Magnetrons in Radar Technology (00:33:46)

6. Microwaves for Food (00:37:22)

7. Marketing Microwaves (00:44:59)

8. Later Life and Death (00:48:53)