Myles Jackson, science historian at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, is not entirely unknown in this country. His biography of Joseph Fraunhofer (“Fraunhofer's Spectra”, 2009), the namesake of the Fraunhofer Society, the most important organization for applied research in Germany, has been translated into German and has been awarded several prizes. Jackson also remained true to the history of applied research with his new book. It begins with a detailed description of the beginnings of broadcasting in the Weimar Republic. A concert was broadcast on October 29, 1923 to mark the opening of the Berlin broadcasting station in the Voxhaus near Potsdamer Platz. Other broadcasting locations soon followed.
