Hugo Gernsback was and is best known in the field of Science Fiction, despite the fact that the majority of his life and energies were devoted to pioneering modern electronics, inventing new devices, forcasting with great accuracy future technologies and publishing magazines about electronics. He came to the United States from Luxenbourg in 1900 at the age of 19, with $200 in his pocket and a mind overflowing with innvative ideas. This is his story - written as an un-attributed autobiography. It presents a fascinating insight into the wonderously inventive mind of a man who never stopped thinking up new ideas and never stopped dreaming. Take a lifelong trip with Hugo Gernsback - explore his successes - his disappointments - his lights that failed. He will continue to amaze you long after you have set this book aside, the final page read.

In the 1920's radio was new and this little book quickly became a guide to the excitement of what was then new and thrilling. Relive those early days of radio by looking over some of the more favorite receiving circuits of that period. Follow the path from crystal radios to a 5-tube nutrodyne.

By this time, most people know that "Mohammed Ullyses Fips" was Hugo Gernsback. What fewer people realize is that Hugo Gernsback was also Mohammed Ullyses Fips The intriguing thing about all of the Fips inventions was that there was -- through all of them -- an undertone of practicality, and several have indeed seen the ultimate light of day as practical inventions in later years. Hugo Gernsback was an inventor, an innovator, and a force in his industry. He founded the electronics publishing industry and at one time, was perhaps best known as publisher of science fiction. The Fips stories presented here are only one facit of this multi-faced individual, and one is at loss for suitable words to pay proper homage to this genius, this giant among men who undoubtedly has left his indelible footprints in the sands of time.