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Otis Boykin

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Otis Frank Boykin (August 29, 1920-1982) was an inventor and engineer.[1] Otis Frank Boykin was born in 1920 in Dallas, Texas. His mother was a homemaker and his father was a carpenter. He worked as a laboratory assistant at the nearby University's aerospace laboratory. Otis attended Fisk University and Illinois Institute of Technology, but dropped out after 2 years because his parents could not afford his tuition. Boykin, in his lifetime, ultimately invented more than 25 electronic devices. One of his early inventions was an improved electrical resistor for computers, radios, televisions and an assortment of other electronic devices. Other notable inventions include a variable resistor used in guided missiles and small component thick-film resistors for computers.
EAN: 9786131475146
Sprache: Englisch
Seitenzahl: 104
Produktart: kartoniert, broschiert
Herausgeber: Surhone, Lambert M. Tennoe, Mariam T. Henssonow, Susan F.
Verlag: Betascript Publishing
Schlagworte: Illinois Institute of Technology
Größe: 220 × 150 × 6
Gewicht: 174 g