J. B. Johnson
J. B. Johnson may refer to: * John Bertrand Johnson, Swedish-born American electrical engineer and physicist * J. B. Johnson (Florida politician), American attorney and politician {{hndis, Johnson, J. B. ...
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John Bertrand Johnson
John Bertrand Johnson (October 2, 1887 – November 27, 1970) (''né'' Johan Erik Bertrand) was a Swedish-born American electrical engineer and physicist. He first explained in detail a fundamental source of random interference with information traveling on wires. Early life According to Steve Johnson: "John Bertrand Johnson was a cousin of my father, Dr. John A. Johnson. Bert was born to my grandfather's sister, who never married, in Sweden. Bert had no schooling in Sweden and lived in extreme poverty. My grandfather sent for him as a teenager and he ended up on their farm in far Northwestern North Dakota, U.S. My grandfather sent Bert to school and he finally graduated from high school and went on get his PhD in Physics from Yale. I was told that he worked with Einstein and went on to be director of Bell Labs ... I met Bert several times, but I was fairly young and most of the family history is lost..I am in the process of trying to piece together more details". Accordi ...
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