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The Tube business in the 20s
Paul Wesling discusses tubes in the decade of the 1920s.
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Entrepreneurship During the Depression
Paul Wesling talks about how some of the early Silicon Valley entrepreneurs financed their ventures during the depths of the great depression.
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Migration to the Valley of the Hearts Delight
Norm Pond talks about what brought him to the precursor to Silicon Valley and how he became a “tube guy”.
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Silicon Valley in the Depression and World War II
Norm Pond talks about the Valley of the Heart’s Delight during the Depression and World War II and some of the significant developments during that timeframe, including the development of the Klystron.
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A Brief History of Varian
Norm Pond provides a brief history of Varian. Varian was one of the early Silicon Valley companies from the Depression-Era that set the tone and culture and baseline technology for how Silicon Valley developed. As a former president of Varian, Norm Pond brings a unique perspective to this topic.
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The Development of the Linear Accelerator at Stanford
Norm Pond talks about the development of the linear accelerator at Stanford its later commercialization in multiple domains, including for life-saving applications in the medical field.
